Activities of Jean-Paul BESSET related to 2012/2078(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on constitutional problems of a multitier governance in the European Union
Amendments (7)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that Member States sharing the euro need to furtherredouble their efforts to strengthen stability, efficiency and democratic accountability;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that part of the efforts made to mitigate the crisis, such as the adoption of the Six-Pack and the creation of the ESM, only concern the euro area Member States; takes the view that the ESM should be enshrined in the acquis communautaire;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the on-going creation of a single supervisory mechanism covering the euro area and open to all other EU Member States; stresses that establishing a European bank resolution mechanism is an indispensible step in setting up a genuine banking union;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission’s ‘Blueprint’; calls on the Commission to make legislative proposals as soon as possible under codecision for its implementation without delay;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that the concept of ‘contractual agreements’ applicable only to individual Member States as referred to in the European Council conclusions of December 2012 risks creating legal uncertainty and a democratic deficit given the lack of transparent procedures;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the work on own resources should be substantially accelerated, as should that to set up a mechanism to deal with asymmetric shocks, as well as on labour mobility and a euro area budget, to make it an optimal currency area;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that Article 3.4 TEU states ‘the Union shall establish an economic and monetary union whose currency is the euro’, and Protocol 14 on the Eurogroup foresees ‘the need to lay down special provisions for enhanced dialogue between the Member States whose currency is the euro, pending the euro becoming the currency of all Member States’; if this supposedly transitory situation is to last, appropriate accountability fordebate forums and democratic oversight mechanisms in respect of the procedures, instruments and legal provisions pertaining exclusively to the current euro area and the Member States that committed to join must be developconsidered inside the European Parliament.