23 Amendments of Jürgen KLUTE related to 2011/2071(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the crisis and the increasing disparities in competitiveness since the introduction of the euro have highlighted the need for the Union to coordinate economic policies more closely and improve budgetary surveillanceeuro area crisis has highlighted the untenable nature of current macro-economic imbalances since the introduction of the euro; whereas the political achievement that monetary union represents is threatened in the medium term by the diverging trade balances of its national economies,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the increase in public debt in certain euro area countries during the euro crisis is merely a symptom of the crisis of the monetary union which is explained by both the deterioration of terms of financing and the lack of growth impulses in the Union; whereas, in this context, major national economies have particular responsibilities in terms of the development of growth and the value of money across Europe;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas there is a clear correlation between the increase in the trade balance deficits of most members of the monetary union and the accumulation of excessive trade balance surpluses by some members of the monetary union,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas parliamentary approval ofsetting the public budgets is one of the foundations ofkey responsibilities of the parliament in our democracyies,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Member State parliaments now share their legislative role with the EU institutions and often only have limited control over the actions of their respective governments at European level,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the amended and complex legislative processes of the European Union are insufficiently familiar to most Union citizens; whereas the lack of transparency in decision-making and opinion forming processes, particularly in the European Council and the Council of Ministers, is undermining citizens’ trust in European integration and the democracies of the European Union and is hindering the exercise of active, constructive control by citizens,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas social protest movements against austerity measures in various EU Member States also express increasing dissatisfaction with the democratic quality of European integration; whereas the democratic credibility of European integration has suffered enormously from the manner in which the euro crisis has been dealt with to date,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the European Semester is prompting a review of the mechanisms for parliamentary scrutiny of the Commission and the Council; whereas the gradual loss of power by Member State parliaments – reinforced by the European Semester – requires immediately perceptible democratic compensation which must go hand in hand with a strengthening of Europe-wide debates,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas a puremainly intergovernmental coordination system would be inadequatenot meet the social requirements for transparency and democratic oversight and would be politically ineffective and inadequate, particularly in those areas requiring coordinated action by the Union,
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the Commission has not detailed its vision for the European Semester, and to date has not taken on board the need to confer democratic legitimacy on this new process, inter alia by involving Parliament more fuladequately,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the economic pillar of Economic and Monetary Union must be strengthened in the light of the current crisis, and that the European Semester should play a part in this; , in response to the crisis of the Economic and Monetary Union, all relevant stakeholders and EU institutions must show willingness to question current paradigms of economic, monetary, trade and employment policy;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that the economic goals, paradigms and instruments of the Union should be discussed and defined in an open, transparent and democratic process which European citizens can follow, involving the European Parliament, national parliaments and social partners; considers that the European Semester should be developed further in this direction in order to fully meet these criteria;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers that, by means of a comprehensive dialogue and common study, sufficient trust can be created to put an end to damaging competitive dumping; considers that the current tax and salary competition in the Union is curbing its economic and social development; calls on the European Commission to increasingly take and support initiatives which rely on shared interests and cooperation; assumes that unhealthy economic competition is, if nothing else, an obstacle to further political integration in Europe;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Maintains that Parliament has a crucial role to play in establishing the necessary democratic legitimacy; draws attention to its powers as regards the adoptionconsiders that the creation, in the form of the European Semester, of a Europe-wide dialogue ofn the necessary legislative texts to establish the objectives of the European Semesterspill-over effects of national economic and budgetary decisions should be disconnected from legally binding guidance mechanisms enforced by means of sanctions;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the European Semester is now the annual framework for the implementation and assessment of the Europe 2020U’s current economic strategy, the broad economic policy guidelines and the employment guidelines; emphasises, however, that it must not replace these instruments, which are enshrined in the Treaty, or diminish their importance; calls on the Commission to clarify and expladevelop proposals establishing how these different instruments are differentiated and fit together;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the Euro Plus Pact in its current form is not relevant to the European Semester; stresses that consultations are planned to determine the economic priorities of the Union, which played no role in formulating the Euro Plus Pact;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission clearly to identify, in the Annual Growth Survey, the initiatives taken by the Union and the Member States to support long-term investment, achievement of the Europe 2020 targetstargets laid down in the Treaties and current economic strategy, and the reduction of macroeconomic imbalances;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers that all consultations which take place during the European Semester, but at least those meetings at which recommendations, decisions or reports are agreed, should be held in public in order to satisfy the requirement for transparent and democratic decision- making processes and improve citizens’ awareness of economic correlations in the economic and monetary union; considers that the public nature of consultations should be sufficiently publicised and that all available forms of multimedia broadcasting should be used;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Is concerned that draft recommendations to member states under the European Semester contained to undermine the specific regulation of holidays and Sundays; asks the Commission and the Council to respect and support these achievements, especially for the work-family balance;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Intends to conduct an audit of the Union’s macroeconomic situation in the autumn, having recourse to a heterodox and international panel made up of various economic institutes, in order to foster debate and obtain a second opinion on economic issues in preparation for its discussions with the Commission prior to the drafting of the Annual Growth Survey;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Council to report to it in the first few weeks of each year on the implementation of the previous European Semesterdevelopments and successes of the previous European Semester; calls on the Council, when drawing up this report, to ask Member States, national parliaments and social partners for their views on the quality of actual economic coordination during the European Semester, on cooperation between the various institutions and social stakeholders, on the quality of country-specific recommendations and on necessary legislative initiatives at European level;