14 Amendments of Philippe LAMBERTS related to 2016/2269(INI)
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. Whereas the three lowest quintiles (0-60 % of the population) detain 12,9 % while the richest 20 % of Europeans have 68,4 % of the total net wealth;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. Whereas the FMI found an inverse relationship between the income share accruing to the top 20 percent and economic growth, meaning that if the income share of the top 20 percent increases by 1 percentage point, GDP growth is actually 0.08 percentage point lower in the following five years, suggesting that the benefits do not trickle down;whereas on the contrary, a similar increase in the income share of the bottom 20 percent is associated with 0.38 percentage point higher growth, showing a positive relationship between disposable income shares and higher growth rates;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. Whereas the concentration of wealth may increase financial instability as it increases the savings rate of households harming demand and creating more liquid financial capital;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
B d. Whereas combating inequalities can be a lever to boost job creation and growth and at the same time reduce poverty; whereas 47,5 percent of all unemployed persons in the European Union was at risk of poverty in 2015 1a _________________ 1aEurostat http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Income_distribution _statistics
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
B e. Whereas inequality is a multifaceted phenomenon not restricted to a monetary issue but also concerns the opportunities that people face differently in function of their gender, ethnic origin, sexual preferences, geographical location or age for example;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Recital B f (new)
Recital B f (new)
B f. Whereas there exists a strong and significant correlation between inequality (S80/S20 ratio) and the perception of the efficiency of democracy;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Recital B g (new)
Recital B g (new)
B g. Whereas the large disparities in employment, income levels and social well-being are major factors underlying population movement within the EU, especially in and from Central and Eastern Member States;whereas such development aggravates on the one hand the difficulties of regions experimenting outward migration and their outlook and on the other hand, the populist pressure in regions facing inward migration;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Recital B h (new)
Recital B h (new)
B h. Whereas the reduction of inequality is not an objective as such of the EU Jobs & Growth Strategy;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on Member States to adopt progressive national tax systems in order to reduce inequality;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Calls on Member States to intensify the fight against tax evasion and tax avoidance to increase states' budgets for public expenditures and to adopt a common minimum corporate tax rate;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Calls upon the Commission to assess and publish the impact on the one hand of national redistributive policies, including the progressivity of national tax systems and on the other hand its own draft country-specific recommendations in terms of inequalities;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. Calls on the Commission and member States to make the fight against inequality a key priority of the European Semester supported by a specific quantified objective and to align country- specific recommendations with this overall objective;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3 e. Calls upon the Commission that in its future review of the economic governance, it proposes that distributional impacts of public spending and tax policies be highlighted in the National Reform Programmes or Stability (Convergence) Programmes;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3 f. Calls upon the Commission to evaluate the implementation of the various pieces of legislation dealing with inequality and to propose their forthwith review in case shortcomings are identified;to estimate the shadow price (lost GDP, jobs, welfare...) of the non- respect of these provisions by Member States;Calls on the Commission to ensure that European competition policies reduce inequalities by ensuring protection of consumers and fighting cartels or incompatible state aids which distort prices and the functioning of the internal market;