3 Amendments of Sari ESSAYAH related to 2013/2175(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the long-term financing of the European economy should serve the public interest and be guided, among other things, by objectives that promote social cohesion, social justice and equal treatment, rather than focus solely on economic and financial parameters; highlights, in this connection,; highlights the fact that the potential added value of long-term financing for the public interest cannot merely be measured in economic terms and calls for objective indicators to measure the achievement of public interest;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to ensure that long- term financing benefits not only investors and shareholders, but also workers, undertakings and consumerspublic interest as a whole;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Warmly welcomes the focus on productive capital as opposed to financial capital; asks the Commission to encourage long-term investment in those areas that are capable of generating the greatest positive social externalities and of helping to achieve the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy, but are not receiving an appropriate level of financing, such as large infrastructure projects and SMEs, and to exclude unproductive areas, such as real estate, except for social housing, in order to prevent new unproductive bubbles from emerging;