14 Amendments of Cătălin Sorin IVAN related to 2015/2344(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the crisis enhanced the need for improvement in EU economic governance and that the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) must be progressively completed, while the European treaties have not provided the instruments necessary to tackle shocks in the eurozone;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
– having regard to the Council conclusions, 18th and 19th February 2016;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Treaty on European Union establishes the creation of the single marketan economic and monetary union, whose currency is the euro; whereas the European Monetary Union currently consists of 19 members, two of whom have opt-out clauses,of the 28 Member States of the EU, 19 have already adopted the single currency, seven are under a derogation which applies until the Council decides that the conditions are met for its abrogation, and two Member States have, pursuant to Protocols No 15 and No 16 annexed to the Tremaining seven EU Member States having yet to joinaties, respectively no obligation to adopt the euro or an exemption from doing so (‘opt-outs’); whereas no financial liability will be incurred by the twoose countries with opt-outs from EMU in the framework of any fiscal capacity for the euro area;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that non-eurozone Member States, both those with an opt-out and those wishing to join, should be involved, if they so desire, although in a differentiated way and depending on the design of the budgetary capacity.
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that incentives for sound fiscal policymaking and for addressing structural weaknesses at national level, taking into account the aggregate euro area fiscal stance and ensuring, that all Eurozone countries contribute to macroeconomic adjustment towards real convergence, including those who have greater fiscal space to be used to the benefit of the monetary union as a whole, are core elements for the functioning of the euro area; considers that beyond a proper use of the MIP between deficit and surplus countries, a fiscal capacity should, moreover, address specific concerns for the euro area in the case of absorbing shocks;
Amendment 437 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Considers that the fiscal capacity for the euro area should be funded by own resources of the EMU, including revenues from a financial transaction tax, and new financing instruments as Eurobonds;
Amendment 441 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Stresses that a euro area fiscal capacity should be complemented by a long term strategy for debt sustainability and reduction of eurozone countries, including partial pooling and common management of sovereign debt, which would bring down overall re-financing costs and debt/GDP ratios to give more margin for growth enhancing policies and investment;
Amendment 488 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Considers that structural reforms should be ecologically and socially balanced and aim at strengthening growth potential towards a fully sustainable new growth model, promoting fair and sustainable welfare systems and reducing social inequalities;
Amendment 555 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 3 – paragraph 1
Paragraph 26 – indent 3 – paragraph 1
– investment, notably in research and development;, healthcare and education,
Amendment 557 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 26 – indent 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
– Social cohesion, including EMU- wide minimum social standards;
Amendment 569 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 26 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Notes that investment in areas such as research and development is best done at an EU level, funded by the MFF which all Member States contribute towards, and not by a Eurozone fiscal capacity headed by a Eurozone Treasury; any reduction in scale of such programmes to Eurozone only countries will certainly damage the prosperity and competitiveness of the EU as a whole including Eurozone countries; optional additional contributions from Member States wishing to do more should however be possible as under EFSI;
Amendment 632 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Points out that the Rainy Day Fund should be funded by all the Member Statescountries in the Eurozone and those intending to join the Eurozone on the basis of a cyclically sensitive economic indicator and used for payments to all Member Statesto countries in the Eurozone and those intending to join the Eurozone suffering from economic downturns;
Amendment 835 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 c (new)
Paragraph 44 c (new)
44c. Emphasises that advances in consumer, employee, health, and environmental protection must be open to all Member States and discussion must include representatives from all Member States and the full European Parliament so as not to discriminate between EU citizens and maintain a level playing field for businesses and citizens across the EU;
Amendment 836 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 d (new)
Paragraph 44 d (new)
44d. Underlines that prosperity of the EU is improved by the continuing universality of many EU programmes and policies such as Horizon 2020, EFSI, COSME, and ERDF; EU wide cooperation and solidarity in this respect must be protected;