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7 Amendments of Olle LUDVIGSSON related to 2017/2114(INI)

Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the GDP growth rate for the euro area was 1.8 % in 2016 and is set to remain steady at 1.7 % in 2017 and at 1.9 % in the EU overall, surpassing pre- crisis levels while still being insufficientcertain Member States still struggle with high unemployment which requires higher growth in these economies to further foster job creation;
2017/07/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Shares the Commission’s view on the need for changes in labour market legislation that provide flexibility and security for both employees and employers, thereby increasing employment and ensuring sustainable growth;deleted
2017/07/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that the lack of competitiveness and investment in the EU is linked to a general tax burden that is 10 to 15 % higher than in competing markets, creating hindering tax wedges on companies, investments and labour;deleted
2017/07/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Agrees that the economic upswing needs to be supported by investment and notes that there is still an investment gap in the euro area; recognises, however, that in some Member States investments already exceed the pre-crisis level;
2017/07/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that a timely agreement in the ongoing negotiations on the revised European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) could help to improve the effectiveness of this instrument and to address shortcomings experienced in its implementation so farby ensuring real additionality as a criteria of the projects selected so that the EFSI addresses market failures or suboptimal investment situations, hence supporting investments that otherwise would not have been realized;
2017/07/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the fact that deficits in the euro area are projected to decline; is concerned, however, that this process is slowing down and agrees that government debt remains toohowever, it is a source of concern that the pace of declining government debt is slowing down while debt levels remain alarmingly high in some Member States;
2017/07/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Takes note of the Commission’s recommendation to close the Excessive Deficit Procedures for several Member States; welcomes past and ongoing fiscal and reform efforts, yet insists that these efforts will need to continue toin a sustainable pace not to aggravate the economic difficulties of some Member States, while ensureing the durability of the correction of the excessive deficit;
2017/07/10
Committee: ECON