Activities of Roberto GUALTIERI related to 2011/2071(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European semester for economic policy coordination (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the European Semester for Economic Policy Coordination
Amendments (8)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas under the subsidiarity principle, national budgetary procedures and terminology are governed by the constitutional system of each Member State and the EU budget is co-decided by the European Parliament and the Council according to the Treaties,
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the European Semester is essentially linked to the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy agreed byaccording to the Commission the synchronisation of the assessment of fiscal and structural policies of EU Member States within the European Semester is an integral part of the broader framework of the Europe 2020 initiative, which draws its resources both from the 27 Member States national budget and from the EU budget,
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is of the opinion that the European Semester, first proposed in the Commission's Communication of May and June 2010 and initially based on a non- binding commitment of the Council, should be formalisproperly incorporated into the regulation on the strengthening of the surveillance of budgetary positions and the surveillance and coordination of economic policies (Regulation (EC) No 1466/97)EU legal framework including full democratic scrutiny and a proper legal basis in the form of a regulation according to art. 121.6;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas, so far, the European Semester is regulated by the Code of Conduct for the Stability and Growth Pact,
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that according to art. 5.1 TFEU Member States coordinate their economic policies within the Union; therefore an integrated economic policy coordination in form of a European semester is subject to the objectives and requirements set out both in the TEU (namely art. 3.3) and in the TFEU (in particular 121, 126, 148);
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph - 1 (new)
Paragraph - 1 (new)
- 1. Stresses the need to provide the European Semester with a proper legal basis in the form of a regulation according to Article 121(6) TFEU;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses the need that an integrated surveillance of economic policies, in order to be effective, must not be limited to the assessment of fiscal and structural policies of EU Member States, but has to be synchronized with the objectives and action taken at the EU level, as well as with the level and nature of the Union's financial resources; underlines in this regard the crucial role of EU policies and action under the EU2020 strategy, namely cohesion policies, research and innovation;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Considers appropriate to establish to this end an instrument of inter- parliamentary coordination between national Parliaments and the European Parliament, in order to allow for a dialogue on all aspects of the integrated economic policies coordination prior to the decisions which each Parliament has to take under its own constitutional order; invites its President to explore with the speakers of the EU national Parliaments the feasibility of an inter-parliamentary agreement on parliamentary scrutiny in the framework of the European Semester;