10 Amendments of Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ related to 2015/2344(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the integration of economies and markets at European level enhances the efficiency, competitiveness and economic solidity of the Member States, thereby contributing to economic growth and job creation;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Urges the Commission to focus EFSI investments on strategic sectors, in particular R&D&i and infrastructure, taking into account the specific features of the regions in which they are carried out;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Recalls that the economic and financial crisis revealed great economic imbalances between Member States;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Takes the view that the smooth operation of the EMU, and the eurozone in particular, requires that the common monetary policy be accompanied by greater political, fiscal and economic integration, and that the Member States make use of the flexibility allowed under the Stability and Growth Pact to guarantee the sustainability of public finances and the financial stability of the EU as a whole;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that in order to stabilise the social situation in Member States, economic stabilisers such as a European Unemployment Insurance (EUI) scheme should strengthen the welfare state and fight social deprivation caused by one- sided fiscal discipline measures taken under the European economic governance frameworkit is necessary to guarantee balanced public accounts that safeguard the survival and sustainability of the welfare state and to adopt economic reforms that will enable growth and job creation; takes the view that the budgetary capacity of the eurozone should foster and support convergence and the adoption of sustainable structural reforms, and be capable of responding to asymmetric shocks;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points to the need to develop the social dimension of the EMU based on the EU’s social acquis in order to guarantee fair, properly functioning labour markets and the welfare state in participating Member States;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Asks the Member States to respect and promote the autonomy of collective bargaining on wages and working conditions, and to restore balance with the economic governance pillar by urgently moving ahead on the social dimensmodernise their labour markets where this is necessary in order to facilitate job creation;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of not linking any unemployment benefit system with economic conditionality for the Member States, and of promoting social policies which fight poverty, social exclusion and social dumping;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that fiscal capacity, which can be successful only if solidarity is closely linked to responsibility, should not be merely a responsive tool in the event of country-specific shocks, but should actively enable Member States to achieve social cohesion and full employment, to erase poverty, to strengthen the welfare state and to help attain all the socialthe objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy.