11 Amendments of Liem HOANG NGOC related to 2012/2078(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Recalls that the euro is the currency of the European Union, and that all member states except those with a derogation, have vocation to join the euro in due course.
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Recalls that the European Parliament is the Parliament of the European Union, the sole seat of the Union's direct democratic legitimacy and the recipient of the Union's direct democratic accountability.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that Member States sharing the euro need to further strengthen stability, efficiency, transparency, democratic legitimacy and democratic accountability;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that part of the efforts made to mitigate the crisis, such as the adoption of the Six-Pack and the creation of the EFSM, the EFSF and the ESM, only concern the euro area Member States; The operations of the EFSF/ESM and any future similar structure should be subject to regular democratic control and oversight by the European Parliament.
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the on-going creation of a single supervisory mechanism covering the euro area and open to all other EU Member States; demands that the SSM is subjected to full democratic control and oversight by the European Parliament
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that some Member States' economic policies are constrained by the Troïka, which is not held properly accountable; and lacks democratic legitimacy; Calls for the troika's mandate to be approved following appropriate consultation with the European Parliament.
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission's ‘Blueprint’; calls on the Commission to make legislative proposals under codecision for its implementation without delay, first and foremost with respect to the creation of a fiscal capacity for the eurozone, managed according to the community method;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that the concept of ‘contractual agreements’ applicable only to individual Member States as referred to in the European Council conclusions of December 2012 risks creating legal uncertainty; and widen the Union's democratic deficit if not matched with a corresponding transfer of legitimacy and accountability at the Union level.
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the work on own resources should be accelerated, as should thatDeems necessary a complete overhaul of the EU's own resources system, including FTT and VAT reform; Considers that the work on labour mobility and a euro area budget should be accelerated, to make it an optimal currency area;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that Article 3.4 TEU states ‘the Union shall establish an economic and monetary union whose currency is the euro’, and Protocol 14 on the Eurogroup foresees ‘the need to lay down special provisions for enhanced dialogue between the Member States whose currency is the euro, pending the euro becoming the currency of all Member States’; if this supposedly transitory situation is to last, appropriate accountability for the current euro area and the Member States that committed to join must be developed inside the European Parliament.
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Therefore calls for the immediate set up of a sub-committee within the European Parliament, tasked with scrutiny related to specifically eurozone matters,