6 Amendments of Sylvie GOULARD related to 2014/2245(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the economic crisis and the austerity measures have greatly increased economic and social disparities, worsening the differences between (and within) Member States; emphasises that some of the investments made in the context of cohesion policy have not been sufficiently forward-looking and have therefore added to the burden on public finances;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the potentially important role of cohesion policy in mitigating the effects of the financial, economic and social crisis, as well as its positive effects on all regions; underlines its importance in closing the public/private investment gap, especially in the Member States hit most by the crisis;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. NotesWelcomes the fact that the reform of cohesion policy has focused on delivering an investment policy; welcomes the Commission’s Investment Plan, and endorses its proposal to finance the new EFSI by making national contributions to the fund fiscally neutral as regards the SGP; stresses the interdependence of cohesion policy with the EU’s other investment initiatives; calls on the Commission to create a coherent and effective investment framework;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the closer alignment of cohesion policy with the overall economic strategy and the EU’s Economic Governance Framework; opposes creating a close link between financial and fiscal objectives and cohesion policy; calls on the Commission to ensure that the effectiveness of the ESIF is not compromised by macroeconomic policies; calls for the full and formal involvement of Parliament in the future governance structure of the fundCalls on the Commission to guarantee coherence between the ESIF and macroeconomic policies; emphasises the need for detailed ex post parliamentary scrutiny;