Activities of Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS related to 2014/2221(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2015 (A8-0037/2015 - Dariusz Rosati)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that the investment plan should not be used to spend taxpayers money in projects with no-economic return or without a positive cost-benefit analysis. The model settled by TEN-T networks in Transport and Energy should be swiftly extended and replicated in order to invest in projects with real European added value.
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that a lack of access to finance, particularly for SMEs, is one of the greatest obstacles to growth in the EU; believes that alternatives to bank financing are needed, especially by improving the business environment for venture capital, but also, more broadly, by improving the efficient allocation of capital through capital markets; deepening of the single market for capital markets is fundamental to achieve these objectives in the short and medium term.
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the ambitious structural reforms implemented by those Member States most affected by the crisis; welcomes as well the fact that after the announcement of the OMT program, some of those Member States that have successfully implemented adjustment programmes or financial sector programmes have been able to return to the capital markets, where they now access capital at low interest rates;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that the EU cannot compete on costs alone, but needs to increase productivity through sustainable investment in research and development, education and skills, and resource efficiency, at national as well as European level; notes that the effectiveness of education policies is not only related to its relative spending, but also on the quality of the educational system, high rates of school leaving in some Member States show that there is a wide room for improvement.
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Believes that reforms in order to enhance the effectiveness of finance ministries in fighting against fiscal evasion and avoidance, as this is a constraint in the fiscal consolidation of some Member States.
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Notes that high energy costs due to a lack of reforms and excessive subsidies are dragging down the economy in some Member States.
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Reiterates the importance of ensuring labour mobility (both cross-border and cross-sectoral), enhanced labour productivity (connected with skills trainings to improve employability) and labour market flexibility, while preserving the necessary scope of work security; taking into account the growing number of young people who go to work to other places of the Union, legislative proposals should arise at the European level to enhance and make easier this mobility, particularly regarding social security and pension mobility.
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Agrees with the Commission that most Member States need to continue to pursue growth-friendly fiscal consolidation; invites Member States with sufficient fiscal space to consider reducing taxes and social security contributions with a view to stimulating private investment;