6 Amendments of George Sabin CUTAȘ related to 2010/2088(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. The European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs notWelcomes the Commission's initiative to launch a fruitful and serious dialogue on improving gross domestic product (GDP) as an indicator for assessing economic activity and progress.;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. The committee bBelieves that GDP suffers from many shortcomings - for example, it does not record unemployment, underemployment, volunteering, education, social inequalities or environmental disasterexternalities - particularly bearing in mind the development model followed as a dogma by our economies, aimed first and foremosto a greater extent at maximum profit. The use and management of the statistical indicators for an economy reflect the type of economic development followed by each society. In the dominant development model applied until now, the quality of life, well-being of citizens and environmental changes play a secondary role.;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
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3. In principle it isConsiders it a positive step that the Commission is putting forward five actions to better measure progress in a changing world, i.e. 1. Complementing GDP with environmental and social indicators, 2. Near real-time information for decision- making, 3. More accurate reporting on distribution and inequalities, 4. Developing a European sustainable development scoreboard, and 5. Extending national accounts to environmental and social issues.;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Considers that Eurostat should play a major role in the debate on the complementary indicators to the GDP;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 h (new)
Paragraph 4 h (new)
4h. Regrets the fact that the existing complementary indicators that measure aspects of sustainability and of welfare, such as the degree of democracy, the happiness, the health, the freedom of expression or the quality of the environment, have proven to be subsidiary to the GDP, which remains the most used indicator;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 j (new)
Paragraph 4 j (new)
4j. Believes that an approach based not only on economic growth, but also on economic and social sustainability can help better identify the reasons behind the current problems to which the EU is confronted: unemployment, social and economic disparities, poverty and resource depletion;