15 Amendments of Diogo FEIO related to 2010/2038(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas there is an urgent need to look in greater depth at the phenomenon of the falling birth rate in the European Union and its causes and implications, with a view to reversing this worrying trend,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas thsome Member States have taken steps to reduce their administrative expenditure, bring their healthcare spending under control and reform their health and retirement systems and whereas all the Member States should adopt the best practice in this area,
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the over-indebtedness of families fully justifies tax incentives to encourage saving and calls for people to consume less despite the risk that some tax incentives that advantage economic agents with a strong propensity to save are liable tomay fuel excess saving leading to financial bubbles,
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas population trends are shaped by changes in the fertility rate, which are to a large degree dependent on maternity incentives and benefits, and migration flows,
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas there is still considerable demand for a welfare state in some Member States, and whereas the welfare state has not necessarily sapped those countries’ economic dynamism in the past; whereas, however, the new circumstances give good reason for serious thought to be given to what is and what should be the role of the State,
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Draws attention to the undesirable effects – in terms of deteriorating employment, human capital and purchasing power – of prematurely withdrawing support measures and to those that will inevitably result from its extension beyond what is justifiable;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to draw up a Green Paper on the birth rate in the European Union in order to identify the causes and implications of the falling birth rate, as well as solutions and alternatives regarding this problem;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that, in a context of chronic under-utilisation of production capacity, structural measures would have little impact if nothing were done to support demand, since firms, whose capital resources are under-utilised, would have little reason to invest, and acknowledges that the freer the market is, the more such firms will be able to make use of their resources and the better they will respond to demand;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that the Commission should defingive due consideration to sufficiently flexible indicators of a ‘recovering economy’ in order to determine the point at which exit strategies should be deployed, for example where an economy has reached its normal production capacity utilisation rate;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Agrees with the Commission that ‘successful fiscal expansion to counter recession and longer-term fiscal sustainability are not incompatible’, but warns against the risks of excessive and artificial expansion based on higher public expenditure, which are liable to undermine the policy;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that some public-sector and welfare spending is more than just unproductive expenditure, since it also has a beneficial impact on the accumulation of physical and human capital and on effective demand and that, in view of the limited resources available, it is important to opt for those types of spending which will have such an impact;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises that the resulting increase in the potential growth rate would in turn, possibly, be likely to relax constraints on financing such expenditure, thanks to the ensuing tax revenue;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that the role of social protection systems as ‘social safety nets’ has proven particularly effective in times of crisis, and that such systems can be maintained by, inter alia, broadening their financing base; draws attention, however, to the fact that they should benefit those who actually need them in such a way that, ideally, this state of need does not last any longer than necessary and does not become a way of life, but rather has a springboard effect, facilitating a return to working life for as many as possible and a permanent and more effective means of assistance for the most serious cases;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that the long-term balance of compulsory pension schemes depends not only on population trends, but also on the productivity of assets (which affects the potential growth rate) and the proportion of GDP allocated to the financing of such schemes and that an increase in the funding for such schemes, in particular through higher taxation, can have a counterproductive effect on productivity;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Asks the Commission to carry out studies that will afford a basis for assessing the quality of the Member States’ debts – which determines interest rates on government borrowing – in order to improve the information available to credit-rating agenciesthe market;