Activities of Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS related to 2014/2145(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Review of the economic governance framework: stocktaking and challenges (A8-0190/2015 - Pervenche Berès)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, according to the Commission’s autumn forecast, after two consecutive years of unanticipated negative growth, gross domestic product (GDP) in the euro area is expected to rise by 0.8 % in 2014 and by 1.1 % in 2015, meaning that the pre-crisis growth rate will not be regained this yeareconomic recovery is gaining ground;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, according to the Commission’s autumn forecast, investment in the euro area decreased by 3.4 % in 2012, by 2.4 % in 2013 and by 17 % since the pre-crisis period, with the expected rebound rate in 2014 (0.6 %) and that anticipated for 2015 (1.7 %) being very weak; whereas both a lack of investment can be just as detrimental to future generations as excessive public debtd excessive public debt are a burden for future generations;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas a European investment plan is being put in place to raise EUR 315 billion in new investments over the next three years whose success also depends on the implementation of structural reforms to create an investor-friendly environment in Member States;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Underlines, however, that since the new rules have been introduced, progress has been made in addressing fiscal consolidation, with the EU-28 average fiscal deficit falling from 4.5% of GDP in 2011 to a forecast of around 3% of GDP in 2014;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Welcomes the Commission communication (COM(2014) 905) on the application of the Six- and Two-Pack; agrees with the Commission that the ability to draw conclusions on the effectiveness of the regulations is limited by the short experience of their operation, which in addition has been characterised by a severe economic crisis and hence leaves the rules untested in normal economic times;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Stresses that at the core of the economic governance system is the prevention of excessive deficit and debt levels as well as excessive macroeconomic imbalances; underlines therefore that an assessment of the application of the six- pack and two-pack at this stage remains partial as the efficiency of the system to a large extent relies on the proper working of the preventive part of it, which is precisely what remains to be proven in better economic times;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 c (new)
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1c. Welcomes the measures taken by the EU to respond to the weaknesses in its economic governance system revealed by the economic and financial crisis, namely the six-pack and two-pack; believes these represent a necessary first step to strengthen budgetary surveillance and economic policy coordination;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that ensuring the credibility of the framework is key to enhancing its democratic legitimacy; stresses that credibility can only be assured by a consistent and fair implementation of the framework across countries and over time;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Warns that the accumulation of procedures that is due to the nature of its creation makes the economic governance framework complex and not transparent enough, which is detrimental to the ownership and acceptance by parliaments, social partners and citizens of guidelines, recommendations and reforms stemming from this framework by parliaments, social partners and citizens in Member States;
Amendment 386 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. BelievStresses that the structural reform clause under the preventive arm and the means of consideringprecondition for the application of the structural reform pclansuse under the correcpreventive arm constitute a step forward as regards ensuring the more efficient implementais the formal parliamentary adoption of a reforms by Member States; calls for further clarification as to the types of structural reforms eligible under this new scheme; believes that a direct link to the cost, timeframe impact and value of structural reforms should also be explicit in the corrective arm of the SGPcompatibility of the reinterpretation of the rules with the Treaty and secondary law;
Amendment 616 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Takes the view that a more decentralised fiscal governance framework does not impair the proper functioning of EMU if Member States take full ownership of its rules and compliance with the fiscal surveillance framework can be fully ensured by EU institutions, while including sovereign default as a possible and credible last resort option;
Amendment 617 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Takes the view that implementation and an effective enforcement of the current economic governance framework is the best way forward for the EMU: stresses the need for political ownership of the common rules and tool both at EU and national level which includes a stronger commitment of national parliaments and governments to implement structural reforms;
Amendment 658 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls for a newUnderlines that the legal framework for future assistance programmes needs to be improved in order to ensure that all decisions are taken under the responsibility of the Commission with full involvement of Parliament; stresses that Parliament should without delay follow up on its resolution of 13 March 2014 on the enquiry on the role and operations of the Troika and prepare a new, separate resolution fully dedicated to this issue drawing and building on the first enquiry;
Amendment 777 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 – indent 3
Paragraph 37 – indent 3
– the inclusion of the ESM in Union law and a new approach towards a Eurobonds, pean insolvency procedure for sovereigns to safeguard market discipline;