15 Amendments of Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS related to 2014/2249(INI)
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas in order to create a genuine bi- cameral legislative system, the existing specialised Council configurations should be reduced to a single legislative one, and the transparency of its decision-making should be greatly improved;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. Whereas to enhance the political legitimacy of the Commission to implement economic governance and fiscal rules, it is fundamental that the President of the Commission is chosen through a clear and well understood procedure in the European elections.
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas the European Semester process should be simplified, and rendered more focused and democratic, by enhancing Parliament’s scrutiny role over it and by investing it with a more substantial role in the various cycles of negotiations;country-specific recommendations should be more strictly followed by Member States.
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Recalls that the Commission and Parliament must ensure a much better application and implementation of European Union law as currently many Member States either don't comply or tweak the basic intentions of the European legislator;
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Believes that the 'Rule of Law' instrument will be fundamental to ensure that all Member States comply with European legislation in a similar way. It is also important that European rules are applied to all countries following the same standards in order to have a level playing field.
Amendment 380 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the European Parliament to enable a procedure to include the CoR and the EESC recommendations in concrete regulations as amendments to be voted at committee level.
Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Believes that the plenary of the European Parliament should be consulted before a European financing instrument is used either to safeguard the financial stability of a Member State or its banking system.
Amendment 449 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Underlines the importance of a clear division of competences between the EU institutions and the Member States increasing the Member States’ ownership of, and the national and regional parliaments’ role in, implementation programmes;
Amendment 470 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Considers it necessary for Parliament to be invested with a more substantial role in negotiations within the framework of the European Semester by allowing it to call hearings with governments of Member States affected by Cmore assertive in asking Member States to comply with the country S-specific Rrecommendations, Economic Partnership Programmes (EPP), Corrective Action Plans (CAP) and Alert Mechanism Reports (AMRs); in order to make them meaningful.
Amendment 513 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Calls for better use of the existing structural funds in the direction of fostering competitiveness and cohesion, and for the creation of an increased EU investment capacity through the exploitation of innovative approaches such as the European Fund for Strategic Investments, or through the creation of a specific facility to finance and guarantee infrastructure projects in the interest of the Union;.
Amendment 547 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48a. The establishment of a fiscal capacity within the eurozone could be used as a tool to alleviate the effects of asymmetric shocks that cause above-average rises in unemployment.
Amendment 556 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Pledges to increase the resilience of the EMU when facing economic shocks while preventing any form of permanent fiscal transfers;
Amendment 841 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 97
Paragraph 97
97. Considers it necessary to notably strengthen Frontex and transform it into a European System of Border Guards, to be supported, when necessary, by military instruments such as a European Maritime Force (Euromarfor) and an upgraded European Corps (Eurocorps), together with the resources pooled through Permanent Structured Cooperation; suggests that automatic adjustment should also be envisaged of the databases of border agencies such as Eurodac, and, in future, Smart Borders, such that they incorporate the ‘European list of dangerous persons’ and the ‘European Database for wanted persons’;
Amendment 852 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 98
Paragraph 98
98. Stresses the importance of distinguishing between the concepts of ‘unsafe third countries’ (war zones) and ‘safe third countries’ (mostly Western Balkans countries), and the corresponding distinction of procedures for processing applicants coming from these two categories of countries; calls for the signature of agreements with safe third countries in order to control and reduce migration flows before migrants arrive at the EU border; insists, at the same time, on strict and swift procedures for returning applicants with unfounded claims;
Amendment 853 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 98 a (new)
Paragraph 98 a (new)
98a. Calls the Commission and Member States to increase spending on training asylum specialists and enhancing the efficiency of asylum-seeking procedures;