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2015/2285(INI) European semester for economic policy coordination: annual growth survey 2016
Next event: Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading 2016/02/24
Lead committee dossier: ECON/8/04565
Legal Basis RoP 052
Next event: Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading 2016/02/24
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opinion | BUDG | ARTHUIS Jean (ALDE) | |
| Lead | ECON | RODRIGUES Maria João (S&D) | FERBER Markus (EPP), VON STORCH Beatrix (ECR), TREMOSA I BALCELLS Ramon (ALDE), VIEGAS Miguel (GUE/NGL), EICKHOUT Bas (Verts/ALE), VALLI Marco (EFD), KAPPEL Barbara (ENF) |
| Opinion | ENVI | KOVATCHEV Andrey (EPP) | |
| Opinion | REGI | MIHAYLOVA Iskra (ALDE) |
Legal Basis RoP 052
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2015/2285(INI)
2015/12/09
ENVI
54 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Reiterates that the European Semester process was introduced to help achieve Europe 2020 targets for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; in this context, calls on the Commission to integrate the revised Europe 2020 strategy more firmly into the European Semester and to
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1 d. Takes note of the moderate economic recovery in the European Union. Highlights the importance of the "Investment Plan for Europe", an initiative aimed at kick-starting jobs and growth. Calls on the need to prioritize investment to areas such as education, clean energy, resource efficiency and research and innovation infrastructures for green technologies, enabling the transition towards a sustainable growth model;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new) 1 e. Stresses that European Semester is one of the means to mainstream and integrate environmental concerns in other relevant policies, in line with the approach defined by Article 11 TFEU; reiterates therefore that the environmental dimension should play a full role, together with the economic and social dimensions, in the European Semester process to ensure that Member States return to higher growth levels while continuing their path towards the development of sustainable societies;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 f (new) 1 f. Stresses the fact that moving towards a truly sustainable economy and that the greening of EU economies and putting at equal stand the Europe 2020 targets will contribute to achieving the Union's environmental goals, to restoring the European economy's competitive edge and to creating quality jobs; deplores the fact that the lack of a European strategy for sustainable development during the crisis has kept growth in the EU well below its potential;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 g (new) 1 g. Underlines the need for increased involvement of EU Environment and Health ministers in the European Semester process at Council level;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 h (new) 1 h. Underlines that moving towards a truly sustainable economy will contribute to achieving the EU's environmental goals, to giving back the European economy its competitive edge and to creating quality green jobs;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 i (new) 1 i. Calls for increased and structured involvement of civil society such as environmental organisations, consumers organisations and independent patients organisations so as to safeguard the legitimacy and improve the effectiveness of the European semester process;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 j (new) 1 j. Emphasises that in order that the Member States boost their employment by exploiting the employment potential of the green economy, action in required on three main fronts: boosting labour demand in eco-industries through adequate levels of investments, anticipating and managing skills needs in both green and greening sectors, and ensuring job quality for high-, medium-, and low-skill occupations; from the point of view of labour market policy, enhanced attention should be dedicated to devising adequate training programmes to tackle specific skill shortages, and to considering the dynamic interaction between skills supply and age structure of the workforce in green and traditional industries;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that if the
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that if the upcoming strategy on a circular economy and the reform of waste legislation are to become a reality and the European economy is to be turned into a circular model, it is essential to integrate recommendations to this effect in
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Considers it important that the change towards a new economic model based on a circular economy and inspired by the universally applicable Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) needs to be properly reflected in the priorities of the Annual Growth Survey and the Country Specific Recommendations;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Reiterates the need for a fiscal framework that is in accordance with the 'polluter pays' principle, providing the right signals for investment in resource efficiency, the modernisation of production processes and the manufacturing of more reparable and durable products;1 a __________________ 1a See European Parliament resolution of 9 July 2015 on resource efficiency: moving towards a circular economy
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that reducing external resource and energy dependence is key to achieving
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that reducing external resource and energy dependence
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that strongly reducing external resource and energy dependence is key to achieving long-term growth and will enhance the competitiveness of the EU, as well as social cohesion and justice;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that reducing external resource and energy dependence is key to achieving long-term growth and will enhance the competitiveness of the EU; reiterates therefore the need to eliminate any obstacles that would prevent the creation of a true Single Energy Market, by diversifying external energy supplies, upgrading EU's energy infrastructure, investing in greater energy interconnections and renewable sources of energy and completing the EU internal energy market as key priorities of EU's Energy Union strategy; Calls therefore on the Commission to continue to assess Europe's performance regarding the 2030 Climate and Energy goals as well as Member States' national energy plans, thus supporting measures against energy fragmentation and the creation of "energy islands";
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that reducing external resource and energy dependence is key to achieving long-term growth and will enhance the competitiveness of the EU; underlines the economic advantages of a bigger commitment in this sense;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls on the Commission to use the European Semester to support green jobs creation and to include recommendations that can contribute to efforts to foster green employment and reduce ecological footprints;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Reiterates that the European Semester process was introduced to help achieve Europe 2020 targets for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, namely in the fields of climate change, energy, social exclusion and fight against poverty; in this context, calls on the Commission to integrate the revised Europe 2020 strategy more firmly in
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Stresses that greening the economy and investing in more efficient healthcare systems will enhance Europe's competitiveness, increase security of supply and improve the health and well- being of European citizens; notes in this regard that short-term fiscal implications of structural reforms should be taken into account along with their long-term environmental, economic and social effects;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3 c. Considers that European Semester should also incorporate reporting on renewable energy and energy efficiency on the basis of legally binding targets set in Union legislation;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to use the European Semester as a vehicle to fulfil EU commitments emanating from the Europe 2020 Strategy and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and in particular to i
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to use the European Semester as a
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to use the European Semester as a vehicle to fulfil EU commitments emanating from the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and in particular to include in the process policies addressing climate change, sustainable production and consumption, food security, nutrition, and biodiversity;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to use the European Semester as a vehicle to fulfil EU commitments emanating from the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and in particular to include in the process policies addressing climate change, sustainable production and consumption, food safety and labelling, and biodiversity;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Reiterates the need to phase out subsidies that are harmful to air quality, water quality and soils quality by 2020 and to shift taxes away from labour to environmental taxation;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Stresses that the mid-term review of the Europe 2020 strategy and the European Semester must tie in closely with the new sustainable development agenda; reiterates the necessity to extend the EU's planning horizon beyond 2020 in order to implement the SDGs by introducing an integrated strategy for a sustainable Europe in a globalised world, with a time horizon of at least 2030;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4 c. Urges the Commission to better take account, in the process of the European Semester, of social and environmental indicators, assessing convergence across the EU and progress towards a more sustainable society, proposing measures to reach such goals in a more effective and timely manner;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Reiterates that the European Semester process was introduced to help achieve Europe 2020 targets for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; in this context, calls on the Commission to integrate the revised Europe 2020 strategy more firmly into the European Semester and to strengthen the role of the environment, climate change, sustainable energy, biodiversity, food safety and health in the process, acknowledging the substantial
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers it important to assess the
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers it important to assess the performance of healthcare systems in the framework of the European Semester and supports a shift to an outcome-based approach as well as the focus on disease prevention and health promotion; calls on the Commission to develop tools, together with all stakeholders, to monitor health outcomes and measure access to high
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers it important to assess the equality and performance of healthcare systems in the framework of the European Semester and supports a shift to an
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers it important to assess the performance and sustainability of healthcare systems in the framework of the European Semester and supports a shift to an outcome-based approach; calls on the Commission to develop tools to assess health promotion and disease prevention and enabling the long-term health and fiscal impacts of measures targeting prevention to be taken into account in country-specific recommendations and to monitor health outcomes and measure access to high-quality healthcare with the aim of reducing divergences and health inequalities between and within Member States
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Considering that well-functioning ecosystems are prerequisite for maintaining and improving public health, therefore calls for significant investment in research and innovation in environmental health.
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Welcomes the renewed focus of the European Commission on promoting upward economic and social convergence through the progressive introduction of benchmarks and cross-examination exercises across policy or thematic areas and considers that it could strengthen the resilience of the Europe's economy to future crises;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Stresses that a more comprehensive assessment of health systems within the European semester, not solely limited to the fiscal dimension (cost-effectiveness and sustainability of health systems), but also addressing access, effectiveness and quality of health systems, would provide a more accurate picture of the performance of health systems and strengthen the usefulness of the European Semester in the field of health;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5 d. stresses that prevention policies for both communicable and non- communicable disease are crucial in order to reduce the costs of national healthcare and that cuts to preventive care measures in times of crisis can have long-term negative effects; highlights that the economic crisis should not affect the investments in preventive care measures; calls on the Commission to use the European Semester to promote the role of prevention in reducing the costs of national healthcare.
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 e (new) 5 e. Points out that that Country Specific Recommendations' (CSR) are binding conditions for bailout funding for those countries subject to economic adjustment programmes; recalls that in 2015 eleven countries have received recommendations relating to health (i.e. level of pharmaceutical spending, guidance on hospitals, recommendations on long-term care of ageing) despite the fact that the European Commissions' legal mandate does not permit direct involvement in the quality or accessibility of national healthcare systems; calls on the European Commission to assess the potential impact these recommendations are having with regards patients' rights to an universal, quality and sustainable health systems.
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Reiterates that the European Semester process was introduced to help achieve Europe 2020 targets for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; in this context, calls on the Commission to integrate the revised Europe 2020 strategy more firmly into the European Semester and to strengthen the role of the environment, climate and health in the process, acknowledging the substantial prospects for growth, job creation and investment in these areas as well as their contribution to the wider objectives of the strategy;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 f (new) 5 f. Highlights that European leadership in sectors of the green and blue economies can only be based on labour markets offering human capital with adequate skill-training; calls on the Commission to include in the country- specific recommendations investment needs in human capital in the areas of Science and Technology, making training and education systems more responsive to future labour markets' needs;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 g (new) 5 g. Calls on the Commission to recommend Member States to revise policies that subsidize or incentivise the continued use of fossil fuels; calls on the Commission to ask Member States for fiscal strategies that reward development of sustainable policies and the circular economy while shifting away the tax burden from labour, ensuring growth- friendly tax systems and enhancing support to the green economy.
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 h (new) 5 h. Underlines the fact that ensuring equal access to health care contributes to social cohesion, to social justice, to tackle social exclusion and it contributes to a sustainable development as it adds to intergenerational solidarity and can correct negative population health externalities;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 i (new) 5 i. Stresses the importance of the sustainability of the healthcare sector which plays an important role in the overall economy as it accounts for 8% of the total European workforce and for 10% of GDP in the European Union; for being able to provide equal access to healthcare services for the citizens, as health is an essential factor of stability, sustainability and further development of Member States and their economy;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 j (new) 5 j. Calls both Member States and the European Commission, in this period of economic crisis, to avoid most damaging measures like short-term savings which will lead to high costs in the mid to long- term and instead to concentrate on further development of high-quality and high-efficiency health care systems.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Reiterates that the European Semester process was introduced to help achieve Europe 2020 targets for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; in this context, calls on the Commission to integrate the revised
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Stresses the need for an assessment of climate, environmental, health and social impacts of austerity measures and of country specific recommendations as well as economic and structural reform plans, also to achieve more efficient coordination across policies;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Notes with satisfaction that many of the projects approved for financing by the European Fund for Strategic Investment are oriented towards infrastructure and innovation in the environment and the health sectors; underlines the importance of mobilizing the full potential of the Investment Plan to help implement the structural reforms needed to transform our economy into a green, sustainable and resource efficient one;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. Asks the Commission to carefully monitor the application of funds from the European Fund for Strategic Investments in order to reach the political objectives of re-launching investment and modernising the economy and fostering economic and social convergence across the European Union;
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2016/01/12
ECON
473 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 – having regard to the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 24 Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls for further efforts to support recovery, foster convergence and correct macroeconomic imbalances, including by
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls for further efforts to support recovery, foster convergence and correct macroeconomic imbalances, including by
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls for further efforts to support recovery, foster convergence and correct macroeconomic imbalances, including by channelling excess savings towards the
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls for
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls for further efforts to support recovery, foster convergence and correct macroeconomic imbalances, including by channelling excess savings towards the domestic economy and boosting investment; notes that high public and private debt levels represent an important vulnerability of the European economy and that higher inflation and growth levels would help to reduce them faster;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls for further efforts to support recovery, foster convergence towards the best performers and correct macroeconomic imbalances, including by
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls for further efforts to support recovery, foster convergence, sustainable economic growth and correct
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls for further efforts to support recovery, foster convergence and correct macroeconomic imbalances, including by channelling excess savings towards the domestic economy and boosting job-rich sustainable investment;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Regrets the fact that the Commission has so far not considered promoting the Single Market as a priority in the framework of the European Semester; calls on the Commission to make Single Market governance, in particular with regard to measures focused on jobs, growth and competitiveness, a vital part of all subsequent phases of the European Semester process; reminds the Commission that a genuine Single Market in these areas would significantly boost economic growth and job creation in the EU;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Is encouraged by mild improvements in labour market indicators
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 24 – having regard to its resolution of
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Is encouraged by mild improvements in labour market indicators
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Is encouraged by mild improvements in labour market indicators; calls for more effort to
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Is encouraged by mild improvements in labour market indicators; calls for more efficient efforts to reduce poverty, social exclusion and growing inequalities, while respecting budgetary discipline;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Is
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Is
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. I
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Is encouraged by mild improvements in labour market indicators; calls for more effort to reduce unemployment, poverty, social exclusion and growing inequalities;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Is encouraged by mild improvements in labour market indicators; calls for more effort to reduce barriers to entry into the labour market, poverty, social exclusion and growing inequalities;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 28 a (new) – having regard to the Commission’s report of 14 December 2015 on Public Finances in EMU 2015 (Institutional Paper 014),
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Is encouraged by mild improvements in labour market indicators;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Is encouraged by mild improvements in labour market indicators; calls for more effort to reduce poverty, social exclusion and growing inequalities and unemployment pockets;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Asks the Commission for an impact study of the consequences of growing inequalities on economic growth and job creation in the European Union;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the renewal of the Europe 2020 Integrated Guidelines, and calls for strengthening the role of the Europe 2020 Strategy in guiding the European Semester while not compromising with regards to the initial objectives of the European Semester, which are avoiding the re- occurrence of a sovereign debt crisis as well as increasing competitiveness, growth and employment;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the renewal of the Europe 2020 Integrated Guidelines, and calls for strengthening the role of the Europe 2020 Strategy in guiding the European Semester; calls for re-including environmental and sustainability objectives into the European Semester by re-integrating recommendations on environmental fiscal reforms and environmentally harmful subsidies;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the renewal of the Europe 2020 Integrated Guidelines, and calls for strengthening the role of the Europe 2020 Strategy in guiding the European Semester with respect to Europe 2020´s objectives on enhancing the employment rate and private R&D investment;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the renewal of the Europe 2020 Integrated Guidelines, and calls for strengthening the role of the Europe 2020 Strategy in guiding the European Semester; highlights the importance of ambitious policies and instruments to ensure that Europe makes the best out of the energy and digital transitions, also thanks to adequate investment in skills; consider this crucial for reducing Europe’s gap vis-à-vis its main global competitors in terms of total factor productivity;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 28 b (new) – having regard to the debate with Commission in the European Parliament on European Semester package - Annual Growth Survey 2016
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Urges the Commission to suspend the ongoing negotiations on the TTIP, TISA and other free trade agreements, as they are inconsistent with the strategic goals for inclusive and sustainable growth, and to refrain from granting market economy status to China in consideration of the millions of jobs and hundreds of billions of euros of output that would be put at high risk;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls for tackling economic inequalities which act as an obstacle against long-lasting economic growth;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls for the European Fund for Strategic Investments to be used to
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls for the European Fund for Strategic Investments to be used to maximum effect to support higher-risk projects not financed otherwise, and to promote smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, job creation and cohesion; highlights the importance of steering financing towards improving Europe’s resource efficiency;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls for the European Fund for Strategic Investments to be used to
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls for the European Fund for Strategic Investments to be used to maximum effect to support higher-risk projects not financed otherwise, a
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls for the European Fund for Strategic Investments to be used to maximum effect to support economically profitable higher-risk projects not financed otherwise, and to promote
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls for the European Fund for Strategic Investments to be used to maximum effect to support higher-risk projects not financed otherwise, and to promote growth, job creation and cohesion; welcomes the principle of using public money to leverage and attract additional private capital; Underlines that EFSI can only be used at its best potential if it is accompanied by ambitious structural reforms in Member States;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls for the European Fund for Strategic Investments to be used to maximum effect to support
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls for the European Fund for Strategic Investments to be used to maximum effect to support higher-risk projects not financed otherwise, a
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls for the European Fund for Strategic Investments to be used to maximum effect to support higher-risk projects not financed otherwise, first in the ecological transition, digital, creative and cultural fields, and to promote growth, job creation and cohesion;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls for the European Fund for Strategic Investments to be used to maximum effect to support higher-risk projects not financed otherwise, and to promote growth, job creation
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls for the European Fund for Strategic Investments to be used to maximum effect to support higher-risk projects not financed otherwise, and to promote growth, job creation, improvements in the situation of young people and cohesion;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Expresses its concern on the potential consequences for the Union due to a possible decrease of the Chinese economic growth and emphasises the need to take them into consideration in further economic and monetary policies;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Calls for the EFSI to be applied in particular towards helping European areas with low levels of investments and that are specially affected by unemployment;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to use the European Structural and Investment Funds to their full potential, including by removing the link to any form of macroeconomic conditionality; stressed the need to direct funding towards research and development, SMEs and sustainable projects, in the view of creating high quality jobs and promoting sound economic development in the long run;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to use the European Structural and Investment Funds to their full potential; supports the Commission in giving priority to public investment in infrastructure, research, innovation and human capital; stresses the need to enhance access to finance and points out that major differences in access to credit further exacerbate the growing internal divergence trends; considers, furthermore, that these investments should serve to launch a consistent and integrated industrial policy and should be accompanied by a particular focus on jobs, especially for young people;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to use the European Structural and Investment Funds to their full potential; underlines the need for better coordination at the subnational level and active role of the regions in promotion and preparing well-structured project for the ESIF;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas economic recovery in the European Union is
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to use the European Structural and Investment Funds to their full potential, also in order to improve Member States’ capacity building and their governance of EU funds;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to use the European Structural and Investment Funds to their full potential in order to strengthen cohesion and mitigate divergence in the Single Market by enabling all regions to develop their competitive advantages and facilitating additional private investment;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to use the European
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to use the European Structural and Investment Funds to their full potential and to consider if further policy action is needed to reduce the investment gap in the EU;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls for neutralisation in the calculation of debt and deficit in public investment carried out by Member States’ public operators which prevents Member States from paying their co-financing share to the structural funds (in particular the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Youth Employment Initiative) and thus using these funds to escape from the economic crisis and re- launch growth and employment;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Is aware of the ongoing deleveraging process in the private sector;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Is aware of the ongoing deleveraging process in the private sector; points to the importance of
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Is aware of the ongoing deleveraging process in the private sector; points in this context to the importance of completing the banking union
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Is aware of the ongoing deleveraging process in the private sector; points to the importance of
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas economic recovery in the European Union is under way but remains uneven between and within Member States
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Is aware of the ongoing deleveraging process in the private sector; points to the importance of completing the banking union and boosting equity investments in SMEs; Agrees with the Commission that in order to improve the investment environment, a greater regulatory predictability within the EU has to be provided;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Is aware of the ongoing deleveraging process in the private sector; points to the importance of completing the banking union, speeding up work on the Capital Markets Union and boosting equity investments in SMEs;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Is aware of the ongoing deleveraging process in the private sector; points to the importance of
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Is aware of the ongoing deleveraging process in the private sector; welcomes Commission’s efforts to establish European Deposit Insurance Scheme and Capital Markets Union and points to the importance of completing the banking union and boosting equity investments in businesses, notably SMEs;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Is aware of the ongoing deleveraging process in the private sector; points to the importance of completing the banking union and boosting equity investments in SMEs, which are crucial engines of economic growth and job creation; considers that higher domestic demand complementing external demand would improve investors’ confidence;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Is aware of the ongoing deleveraging process in the private sector; stresses that investment rate is well below the pre-crisis period; considers that public investment is crucial to address the current investment gap and to trigger private investment; stresses that countries which can borrow at very low rate, could finance public investment characterised by higher rates of return, therefore contributing to increase potential growth; points to the importance of completing the banking union and boosting equity investments in SMEs;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Is aware of the ongoing deleveraging process in the private sector; points to the importance of completing the banking union
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Is aware of the ongoing deleveraging process in the private sector; points to the importance of completing the banking union and boosting equity investments in SMEs; urges the Commission furthermore to take additional measures to improve access to finance for SMEs, including start-ups in the digital environment, and to ensure an improved business environment, simplify procedures and reduce administrative burdens on businesses in the Single Market;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Is aware of the ongoing deleveraging process in the private sector; points to the importance of
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Is aware of the on-going deleveraging process in the private sector; points to the importance of completing the banking and capital markets union and boosting equity investments in SMEs;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas economic recovery in the European Union is under way but remains uneven between and within Member States and is partly driven by temporary factors, such as low oil prices and unconventional monetary policies;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Maintains that banking supervision has to be brought into the public sphere in order to respond to the financing needs of the real economy and ensure that self- interested speculation strategies do not become the option of choice;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve the regulatory framework for SMEs, given its job creation capacity; calls for maximisation of the opportunities presented by the COSME programme in terms not only of fostering entrepreneurship in Europe, but also of improving SMEs’ access to finance and to both EU and global markets;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Emphasises that the lack of investment is caused by low market confidence, Member States’ high indebtedness, slow deleveraging and subdued expectation of demand; Perceives the EFSI as an instrument that, if used correctly and followed by ambitious structural reforms in Member States, will attract investors and restore confidence;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Underlines 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 by improving efficient allocation of capital through capital markets; Welcomes therefore the Commission’s Communications on Capital Markets Union Action Plan and the Single Market Strategy as correct steps in improving the growth and investment potential within the EU;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Highlights the importance of investments in human capital and other social investments, alongside reforms of the labour markets; Emphasises the need to invest in education and skills in order to give additional impulses for EU citizens to further develop; Stresses in particular the need to improve national education systems and adapt them to the new skill and knowledge demands on the EU labour market; Is concerned by the increased skill mismatches in many sectors and regions throughout the EU;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Highlights the importance of investments in human capital
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Highlights the importance of investments in human capital, research and innovation and other social investments, including a minimum income mechanism at national level; calls to this end for the immediate exemption of public productive investments from budgetary rules;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Highlights firstly the importance of investments
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Highlights the importance of investments in human capital and other social investments; stresses that the current policy mix does not provide enough room to finance this investment policy;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10.
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas economic recovery and the effective implementation of structural reforms in the European Union is under way but remains uneven between
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Highlights the importance of investments in human capital, especially vocational training, and other social investments;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Highlights the importance of smart investments in human capital and other social investments;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Highlights the importance of investments in human capital and other social investments
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Highlights the importance of investments in human capital and other social investments that should be enhanced together with the strengthening of welfare protection systems and automatic stabilisers;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Highlights the importance of investments in human capital and other social investments, such as in healthcare, childcare and affordable housing;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10.
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Highlights the importance of investments in human capital
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Highlights the importance of investments in human capital
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Points out that a revision of the EU economic governance framework should include inter alia a qualified treatment for investments using capital budgeting methods such as the amortised cost method for accounting certain categories of high-quality public investments generating large and measurable societal and environmental benefits over periods during which employment and output are below their potential;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Recalls that the Treaties do not prohibit the European Union from issuing public debt securities as long as the purpose of this is to fund investment;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas economic recovery in the European Union is under way but remains uneven between and within Member States and is partly driven by temporary factors; whereas Member States who have reformed their economies during the crisis seem to have a better economic performance and/or outlook;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Welcomes the country-specific investment profiles identifying some of the main challenges to investment in the different Member States and reflecting the significant differences among Member States;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Underlines the importance to maintain a balance between social expenditure and further investment in projects that bring growth in the long- run; States that too high social expenditure and current expenditure in several countries, instead of investing in projects focusing on research and innovation, might further anchor them within a middle income trap; Therefore, calls on the Member States to find an efficient balance between social expenditure and investment within public budgets;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls for urgent measures and reforms aimed at improving investment environment in order to increase attractiveness for investments and competiveness of Member States;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Invites the Commission and the Member States to involve all levels of government and relevant stakeholders in the identification of obstacles to investments, focusing in particular on the internal market, structural reforms and on making available adequate instruments bringing together public and private financing;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Emphasises that the European Semester is a great opportunity to urge Member States to step up their efforts towards the Digital Single Market which means not only more growth and jobs, especially in the SME sector and among young people, but also a future-oriented, modern EU;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Considers that, after a long and painful period of nominal adjustment,
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Considers that
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Considers that, after a long period of nominal adjustment, focus should be put on structural reforms and investments aimed at strengthening growth potential, fostering a sustainable transition of Member States’ economies towards a decarbonised economy and reduced use of natural resources, promoting fair and sustainable welfare systems and reducing social inequalities;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Considers that, after a long period of nominal adjustment, focus should be put on structural reforms and investments aimed at strengthening growth potential, promoting fair and sustainable welfare systems and reducing social inequalities, with a view to reducing the disparities between regions;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 a (new) – having regard to Article 9 TFEU (horizontal social clause),
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas economic recovery in the European Union is under way but remains uneven between and within Member States and is partly driven as well as hindered by temporary factors;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Considers that, after a long period of nominal adjustment, focus should be put on structural reforms and investments aimed at strengthening growth
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Considers that, after a long period of necessary nominal adjustment, more focus should be put on delivering on structural reforms and on investments aimed at strengthening growth potential, promoting fair and sustainable welfare systems and reducing social inequalities;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Considers that, after a long period of macroeconomi
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Considers that, after a long period of nominal adjustment, focus should be put on structural reforms and investments aimed at strengthening growth potential by boosting quality employment and productivity, promoting fair and sustainable welfare systems and reducing social inequalities to restore equality of opportunity; considers that National Competitiveness Boards can be useful in helping to develop such reforms;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Considers that
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Considers that, after a long period of nominal adjustment, focus should be put on
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Condemns the fact that in the structural reforms implemented and proposed to date, the emphasis has been on liberalisation and privatisation of companies still under public control in strategic economic sectors (energy, transport, telecommunications, and banking), on greater labour market flexibility and the destruction of labour rights, and on cuts in public spending on welfare, health, and education, with the corresponding reduction in social rights;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls for the implementation of benchmarking in order to stimulate reform efforts in line with best practices and increase convergence;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas economic recovery in the European Union is under way but weak, and remains uneven between and within Member States and is partly driven by temporary factors;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls for product and service market reforms and better regulation, promoting innovation and quality-based competition; Believes that the Member States and the Commission have not yet delivered on their commitment to complete a truly Single Market; Understanding the streamlined approach of the Commission towards the European Semester and the CSRs, calls on the Commission to pay more attention to the Single Market - as the backbone of the European project - in its AGS and CSRs;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls for product and service market reforms and better regulation, promoting innovation and quality-based competition, and for new internal market trade defence methods to be developed in respect of non- European products so as to ensure adequate consumer protection and fair competition for EU producers;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls for dismissing product
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls for reforms in the product and services market
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls for product and service market reforms and better regulation, promoting innovation
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls for
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls for product and service market reforms and better regulation at European level, promoting innovation and fair, quality-based competition in the European Single Market (including the Digital Single Market);
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls for product and service market reforms and better regulation, promoting
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls for product and service market reforms and better regulation, promoting innovation and quality-based competition without watering down consumer protection;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas economic recovery in the European Union
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls for product and service market reforms and better regulation, promoting open markets, innovation and
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls for product and service market reforms and better regulation, promoting innovation and
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls for product and service market reforms and better regulation, promoting innovation and
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Stresses the importance for certain Member States of reforming and simplifying their regulatory framework with regard to labour in order to remove some of the obstacles to investment and entrepreneurship; reiterates the urgency of implementing structural reforms that create a company-friendly environment;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights the importance of renewable energy sources, greater resource and energy efficiency, including through the development of the circular economy; calls on the Commission to include country specific recommendations in these areas;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights the importance of greater resource and energy efficiency, including through the development of the circular
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights the importance of greater resource and energy efficiency, including through the development of the circular economy; Underlines, therefore, the importance to further develop a true Energy Union based on solidarity, efficiency and diversity while not ignoring indigenous energy sources;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights the importance of greater resource and energy efficiency, including through the development of the circular economy, developments based on economies and increases in the use of renewable energy sources;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Is strongly concerned that the Commission has dropped almost all of the recommendations on environmentally harmful subsidies, environmental tax reform and the promotion of renewable energies from the CSRs; regrets, in particular, that the 2015 country-specific recommendations did not address fossil fuel subsidies which are a double negative weighing heavily on public budgets and harming the transition to a low-carbon economy; urges the Commission to reverse direction with a view to greening the European Semester;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas some Member States face the persistent problem of very low growth rates;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Urges that further steps be taken towards resilient labour markets with reduced segmentation and sustainable welfare systems
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Urges that further steps be taken towards resilient labour markets with reduced segmentation and sustainable welfare systems with increased focus on social investment; stresses that a specific approach is needed for some population groups such as younger people, low- skilled unemployed, older unemployed and women;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Urges that further steps be taken towards resilient labour markets
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Urges that further steps be taken towards resilient labour markets with reduced segmentation and sustainable welfare systems with increased focus on
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Urges that further steps be taken towards
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Urges that further steps be taken towards resilient labour markets, serving to enhance the status of work by guaranteeing jobs with rights, a high standard of working conditions, and stable employment relationships, and with reduced segmentation and sustainable welfare systems with increased focus on social investment;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Urges that further steps be taken towards
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Urges that further steps be taken towards
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Urges that further steps be taken towards resilient labour markets with reduced segmentation a
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Urges that further steps be taken towards resilient labour markets with reduced segmentation and sustainable welfare systems with increased focus on social investment, empowering people throughout their lives; reminds that the best way to maintain sustainability of pension systems is to ensure a high employment rate;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the extension of the Expanded Asset Purchase Programme of the ECB confirms that in the current low- interest rate environment it is difficult to channel additional created liquidity towards the real economy;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Urges that further steps be taken
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Urges that further steps be taken towards resilient labour markets with reduced segmentation and sustainable welfare systems with increased focus on
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Urges that further steps be taken towards resilient labour markets with
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Emphasises the previous calls by the Parliament on the Member States to make their labour markets more efficient; In this respect, emphasises the need for the Member States to modernise social protection systems, including pensions and to improve and streamline the legal and environment for business investment;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls for further reform efforts towards sustainable welfare systems with increased focus on social investment in order to reduce poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Emphasises the need for modern, efficient and citizen-friendly public administration, including through e- governance;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Emphasises the need for modern, efficient and citizen-friendly public administration in the individual Member States and the European Single Market;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Emphasises the need for modern, efficient and citizen and business-friendly public administration with special focus on increasing efficiency and transparency of public procurement;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Emphasises the need for modern, efficient and citizen-friendly public administration that improves public access to information by cutting red tape and reducing costs;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas growth rates of the euro area are significantly lower than in many other comparable economies, for example the United States, the United Kingdom, or most Member States whose currency is not the Euro.
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Emphasises the need for modern, efficient and citizen-friendly public administration; in this respect asks the Commission and the Member States to identify and correct deficiencies in the Member States’ and the Commission’s administrations that could prove to be detrimental in crisis situations;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Emphasises the need for modern, efficient and citizen-friendly public administration; stresses the importance of further steps towards a true e- administration in and amongst Member States; Welcomes, in this context, the Commission’s view that the quality, independence and efficiency of Member States’ judiciary systems is a prerequisite for and investment and business friendly environment;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Emphasises the need for
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Emphasises the need for modern, efficient and citizen-friendly public administration at all levels of government;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls for
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls for
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls for a greater shift of taxation away from labour in particular towards environmental taxes, recalling that they entail lower distortion than other forms of taxation and are a key instrument to attain EU environmental and climate targets;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls for
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls for a greater shift of taxation away from labour towards wealth and economic rents, ensuring an adequate level of corporate taxes;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls for
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas these so-called temporary factors include a considerable loss of income for workers, in particular through wage cuts, unemployment, the abolition or reduction of social support and the deteriorating state of the health and education sectors as a result of public spending cuts;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls for a greater shift of taxation away from labour
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls for a greater
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls for a greater shift of taxation away from labour towards taxation on multinational companies by ending corporate tax avoidance, redistributive taxes, and corrective taxation on pollution and financial transactions;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls for a greater shift of taxation away from labour towards wealth, capital gains, financial transactions and pollution;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls for a greater shift of taxation away from labour to consumption;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Stresses the urgent need to establish in each Member State a pension system that fully reflects the reality of population ageing;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls for stronger consideration of the possibility to increase taxation on fossil-based fuels and to use the proceeds for investment in the transition to a low- carbon economy, offsetting the disincentive created by temporarily low oil prices;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Takes note of the proposal for a Structural Reform Support Programme
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Takes note with concern of the proposal for a Structural Reform Support Programme, to be discussed under the ordinary legislative procedure, which aims at ensuring the implementation of austerity and neoliberal policies outside any democratic control by enhancing the technocratic and undemocratic character of EU economic governance;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas global economic growth is slowing down reducing the scope for relying on external sources of demand and new strategic challenges are arising;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Takes note of the proposal for a Structural Reform Support Programme designed to strengthen the implementation of growth-friendly reforms in Member States, to be discussed under the ordinary legislative procedure;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Takes note of the proposal for a Structural Reform Support Programme, to be discussed under the ordinary legislative procedure; reiterates, however, that it falls to the Member States to ensure that structural reforms are implemented by their public administrations;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17.
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Is concerned with the Capital Market Union project pursued by the Commission with the aim of further developing capital markets; points out that further financial expansion adversely affects real economic growth, while increasing the instability and systemic risk in the financial sector;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Reiterates the need for responsible fiscal policies, taking into account debt sustainability, the economic cycle
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Reiterates the need for responsible fiscal policies
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Reiterates the need for responsible fiscal policies
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Reiterates the need for responsible fiscal policies, taking into account debt sustainability, the economic cycle and investment gaps; Is concerned that very high indebtedness of some Member States constitutes a substantial risk in case of possible future shocks within the euro area and hampers growth within the whole European Union;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Reiterates the need for responsible fiscal policies, taking into account debt sustainability, the economic cycle and investment gaps; emphasizes that the slowdown in the pace of the structural improvement of the government deficits entails risks for the sustainability of public finances in the (near) future, in particular for member states with high debt/GDP ratios, thus requiring efforts to be stepped up in the coming years to increase the resilience of public finances and bring government debt on a downwards sustainable path;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas global economic growth is slowing down
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Reiterates the need for responsible fiscal policies, taking into account debt sustainability, the economic cycle and investment gaps, while at the same time not losing sight of citizens and their social rights;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18.
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Reiterates the need for responsible fiscal policies, taking into account debt sustainability, the economic cycle and investment gaps; recalls that with monetary policy at or near the zero lower bound, fiscal policy has a particularly important impact on economic growth;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Reiterates the need for
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Reiterates the need for
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Reiterates the need for
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Emphasises that member states with debt levels in excess of 60% of GDP do not have fiscal space for stimulating their economies; Warns that, given the current size of government debts, debt sustainability will become even more pressing an issue when interest rates in the Euro area come back to normal levels;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Insists on implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Insists on
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas global economic growth is slowing down, especially in China and in the emerging countries that have driven global growth in recent years, and new strategic challenges are arising;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Insists on implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Insists on implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact, while making use of available fiscal space, inter alia, to deal with
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Insists on stricter implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact, while making use of available fiscal space, inter alia, to deal with security threats and refugee inflows; reminds that the deviation from MTOs due to these circumstances must be considered temporary and therefore compensated during better times;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Insists on implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact, while making full use of its flexibility clauses and available fiscal space, inter alia, to deal with security threats and refugee inflows;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Insists on implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact, while making use of available f
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Insists on implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact, while making full use of available fiscal space, inter alia, to support greater investment and structural reforms as well as to deal with security threats and refugee inflows;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Insists on the full implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact, while
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Insists on an implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact that assesses the effects the application of the fiscal rules have on unemployment and public investments, while making use of available fiscal space, inter alia, to deal with security threats and refugee inflows;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Insists on implementation of the
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new) – having regard to the conclusions of the European Council of 25-26 March 2010 and 17 June 2010 as well as the Commission communication of 3 March 2010 entitled ‘Europe 2020: A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’ (COM(2010)2020),
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas global economic growth is
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Insists on
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19.
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Insists on a strict implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact, while making use of
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Calls on the Commission to follow- up, with a review of the legislation, on its communication on assessing the Economic governance framework; notes that several countries are experiencing difficulties to comply with the current fiscal rules in an economic environment characterised by low-nominal growth; considers that a revision of the current rules would benefit their effectiveness, credibility and consistent application;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Emphasises the need for improved tax collection,
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Emphasises the need for improved tax collection, fighting tax evasion and avoidance and improved tax policy co
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Emphasises the need for improved tax collection
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Emphasises the need for improved tax collection, fighting tax evasion and avoidance and improved tax policy coordination within the EU; Calls for tax systems that are simple and transparent in order to increase tax collection;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Emphasises the need for
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Emphasises the need for improved tax collection, fighting tax evasion and avoidance and improved tax policy coordination and cooperation in exchange of knowledge and experiences in the field of tax administration in order to prevent illicit behaviour and to strengthen tax compliance and effective tax collection;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas global economic growth is slowing down amid financial turmoil in several emerging economies and new strategic challenges are arising;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Emphasises the need for improved tax collection, fighting tax evasion and avoidance and improved tax policy
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Emphasises the need for improved tax collection in some Member States, fighting tax evasion and avoidance and improved
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Emphasises the need for improved tax collection, fighting tax evasion and avoidance and improved tax policy coordination; emphasises the need to speed up the process of fiscal convergence in the European Union;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Emphasises the need for improved tax collection, fighting tax evasion and avoidance and improved tax policy coordination; highlights the crucial role of taxation in reversing recent increases in social inequalities and mitigating the economic damage which has resulted from them;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Emphasises the need for
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Emphasises the need for improved tax collection, fighting tax evasion and avoidance and improved tax policy coordination; looks forward to the presentation by the Commission of measures aiming at implementing the OECD BEPS recommendations in the European Union and calls on the Commission to display a high level of ambition in its forthcoming proposals;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Emphasises the need for improved tax collection, fighting tax evasion and avoidance and improved tax policy coordination as well as removing distortions from unfair differential taxation; is convinced that simplification of the tax systems is key and that a common consolidated corporate tax base would help to achieve this;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Emphasises the need for improved tax collection, fighting tax evasion and avoidance and improved
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20.
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas global economic growth is slowing down
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20 a. Celebrates the efforts and the compromise shown recently by the European Parliament fighting against tax evasion and avoidance, however, more determination and inflexibility must be promoted at the institutional level in order to tackle the issue properly;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Supports all efforts towards improving the quality and growth-friendly character of public expenditure, especially by shifting unproductive expenses towards growth enhancing investments;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Supports all efforts towards improving the quality and growth-friendly character of public expenditure without jeopardising adequate provision of public and social services;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Supports all efforts towards
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Supports all efforts towards improving the quality, efficiency and growth-friendly character of public expenditure;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Supports all efforts towards improving the quality and growth-friendly character of public expenditure, with the emphasis placed on investment spending rather than operational expenditure;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Supports
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21.
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Supports all efforts towards improving the quality and growth-friendly character of public expenditure, in particular as regards action to promote universal, free and high-quality education and health systems;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas it is imperative to break with the neoliberal principles that have been governing the policies imposed by the EU on the peoples and workers of the Member States, and whereas only sustainable economic growth based on decent wages, on work with rights, on state control of strategic sectors of the economy, on universal and free access to all levels of education, on promotion and socialisation of innovation will make it possible to boost the economy and competitiveness of EU Member States;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Supports all efforts towards improving the quality and growth-friendly character of public expenditure; notes that some outlays categorised as current expenditure actually represent important economic investment, for example in the field of education and other social investment; points to the need to consider the impact of public expenditure on sustainability in all its aspects;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22.
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area as a
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area as a way to deepen policy coordination in the follow-up to the Five Presidents’ Report; notes that this recommendation is published six months before Country- Specific Recommendations and welcomes the opportunity for discussion offered by this timing; calls accordingly on Member States to profitably use the time window provided to coordinate among themselves and with the Commission in order to better assimilate the recommendation made and better reflect the euro area dimension in their national economic policies;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22.
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area as a way to deepen policy coordination in the follow-up to the Five Presidents
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area as a way
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22.
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the euro area’s current account surplus continues to rise well above the level which would be in line with EU economic fundamentals, while Europe still faces an important investment gap;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22.
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area as a way to deepen policy coordination in the follow-up to the Five Presidents’ Report and the Resolution of the European Parliament of 24 June 2015;
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Believes that sound fiscal positions at national level and a high level of economic policy coordination are a pre- condition for effective in-depth reforms of euro area rules and institutions; recalls that timely, adequate and well- coordinated fiscal and structural policies will also be of the essence in order to prepare for and to accompany the future normalisation of ECB monetary policy so as to ensure that this process would have no unwanted contractionary effects on the economy;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23.
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Emphasises
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Emphasises that, given its high level of interdependence and the singleness of its monetary policy, the euro area needs to be viewed as one macroeconomic entity where convergence must be promoted; calls therefore for an in-depth aggregate assessment of macroeconomic imbalances in the euro area to complement the assessment of country-specific vulnerabilities; insists on full coherence between the euro area recommendation
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Emphasises that, given its high level of interdependence and the singleness of its monetary policy, the euro area needs to be
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Emphasises that, given its high level of interdependence and the singleness of its monetary policy, the euro area needs to be viewed as one macroeconomic entity where convergence must be promoted; calls therefore for an in-depth aggregate assessment of macroeconomic imbalances in the euro area to complement the assessment of country-specific vulnerabilities; insists on full coherence between the euro area recommendation and country-specific recommendations; stresses furthermore that the requirement of convergence within the euro zone must not result in the creation of a two-speed Europe or further accentuate it;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the euro area’s current account surplus continues to rise, while the European Union still faces an important investment gap mainly because of a lack of meaningful institutional and structural reform;
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Emphasises that, given its high level of interdependence and the singleness of its monetary policy, the euro area needs to be viewed as one macroeconomic entity where convergence must be promoted; calls therefore for an in-depth aggregate assessment of macroeconomic imbalances in the euro area and spillovers between eurozone Member States to complement the assessment of country-specific vulnerabilities; insists on full coherence between the euro area recommendation and country-specific recommendations;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Emphasises that, given
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Emphasises that, given its high level of interdependence and the singleness of its monetary policy, the euro area needs to be viewed as one macroeconomic entity where convergence must be promoted; calls therefore for an in-depth aggregate assessment of macroeconomic imbalances in the euro area to complement the
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Emphasises that, given its high level of interdependence and the singleness of its monetary policy, the euro area needs to be viewed as one macroeconomic entity where co
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Underlines that for the sake of the integrity of the whole European Union, steps towards any type of a separate euro area treasury with its own budget should not be taken in the short to medium term;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Recalls that monetary policy can succeed in supporting cyclical recovery but can only facilitate and not replace structural reforms necessary for structural recovery; underlines the Member States' and the European institutions' responsibility to restore confidence to enable private investments, entrepreneurship and active participation of citizens in the economic cycle;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Stresses that the single currency has an asymmetric and destructive impact on weaker economies, which are forced to undertake a painful adjustment of internal devaluation due to a currency that is overvalued with respect to their economies, while letting stronger euro area Members States exploit an unfair competitive advantage due to an undervalued currency relative to other members, thereby generating intolerable disparities and macroeconomic imbalances in the EU; emphasizes the urgent need for planning an orderly break-up of the monetary union and for immediately providing democratic mechanisms of voluntary withdrawal of a country from the euro area;
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 b (new) 23b. Calls for further strengthening of the coordination of national policies in the euro area in order to prevent negative spill-over effects of inadequately designed national policies into other Member States;
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 c (new) 23c. Agrees with the Commission that Member States and the EU as a whole should further pursue structural reforms to modernise the economies; Welcomes the Commission's priority for many Member States to continue growth- friendly fiscal consolidation;
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the euro area’s current account surplus continues to rise,
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Welcomes increased attention to the euro area’s aggregate fiscal stance;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Welcomes increased attention to the euro area’s aggregate fiscal stance;
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24.
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24.
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24.
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Welcomes increased attention to the euro area’s aggregate fiscal stance;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24.
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Welcomes increased attention to the euro area’s aggregate fiscal stance
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24.
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Welcomes increased attention to the euro area
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Strongly rejects any stance on Member States' fiscal policies at euro- area level or at wider EU level; takes the view that such guidelines, which are profoundly neoliberal, can never be considered impartial or independent, since as economic policy guidelines they necessarily contain within them ideological presuppositions;
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 b (new) 24b. Points out that EMU and the EU’s economic governance framework, including the European Semester, both conform to the same neo-liberal approach and the same school of mainstream economic thought, and that their apologists are, in other words, attempting to persuade workers and the public that economic decisions are free of ideology and by nature purely technical rather than political; maintains that for all the window dressing, the European economic governance framework will continue to be based on neo-liberal assumptions and principles and imposed on the economic policies of Member States regardless of their constitutions or of the will of the people;
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Supports the recommendation to differentiate fiscal effort by individual Member States taking into account their respective positions vis-à-vis Stability and Growth Pact requirements and stabilisation needs, as well as spillover effects;
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25.
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Supports the recommendation to differentiate fiscal effort by individual Member States t
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Supports the recommendation to differentiate fiscal effort by individual Member States taking into account their respective
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Supports the recommendation to differentiate fiscal effort by individual Member States taking into account their respective positions vis-à-vis Stability and Growth Pact requirements and stabilisation needs, as well as spillover effects; notes that high-surplus countries
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25.
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the euro area’s current account surplus continues to rise, while Europe still faces an important investment gap, indicated, for instance, by gross fixed capital formation being some 2% GDP lower in 2015 (19.5%) than in the pre- crisis decade (21.4% for 2001-10), which significantly weakens the EU’s longer- term growth potential;
Amendment 380 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Supports the recommendation to differentiate fiscal effort by individual Member States taking into account their respective positions vis-à-vis Stability and Growth Pact requirements and stabilisation needs, as well as spillover effects; notes that high-surplus countries have significant fiscal space which they could use to the benefit of their populations and the monetary union as a whole, with higher growth very likely offsetting the impact of deficit-based investment on debt sustainability;
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Supports the recommendation to differentiate fiscal effort by individual Member States taking into account their respective positions vis-à-vis Stability and Growth Pact requirements and stabilisation needs, as well as spillover effects; notes that high-surplus countries may have
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Supports the recommendation to differentiate fiscal effort by individual Member States taking into account their respective positions vis-à-vis Stability and Growth Pact requirements and stabilisation needs, as well as spillover effects; notes that
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Supports the recommendation to differentiate fiscal effort by individual Member States taking into account their respective positions vis-à-vis Stability and Growth Pact requirements and stabilisation needs
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Supports the recommendation to differentiate fiscal effort by individual Member States taking into account their respective positions vis-à-vis Stability and Growth Pact requirements and stabilisation needs, as well as spillover effects; notes that high-surplus countries have significant fiscal space, which
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Supports the recommendation to differentiate fiscal effort by individual Member States taking into account their respective positions vis-à-vis Stability and Growth Pact requirements and stabilisation
Amendment 386 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Acknowledge that exclusive focus on fiscal sustainability is insufficient to tackle euro area's economic imbalances from a global approach;
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Agrees that
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26.
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Agrees that while the euro area’s high current account surplus is a welcome sign of
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the euro area’s
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Agrees that
Amendment 391 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26.
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Agrees that while the
Amendment 393 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Agrees that while the euro area’s high current account surplus is a welcome sign of the euro area’s external competitiveness, it also implies a lack of internal investment and a risk of euro appreciation when monetary policy starts to become less accommodative, with adverse effects on growth and employment; considers that stronger domestic demand would be better for the euro area's sustainable growth as well as from a global viewpoint;
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Agrees that while the euro area
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26.
Amendment 396 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 Amendment 397 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Points out that while a persistent high current account surplus warrants monitoring in light of the macroeconomic imbalance procedure, it does not go together with the same risks as persistent high current account deficits; therefore warns against a symmetrical analysis of a trade deficit and a trade surplus;
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Emphasises that disparities in current accounts among Member States reflect their heterogeneity in productivity and competiveness and that this provides a permanent challenge for the monetary union; emphasizes that a significant and persistent current account surplus of a member state may be due to unsatisfactory competitiveness and lack of structural reforms in other member states, emphasizes that the absence of exchange rate flexibility aggravates the problem of current account disequilibria in the euro zone;
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Notes that while current account deficits pose greater risks in terms of financial instability of the given Member State than current account surpluses, the existence of a current account surplus in one country pushes for the existence of current account deficits in other countries, therefore an aggregate view is necessary in this regard; points out that while the MIP regulation establishes asymmetric thresholds for current account deficits and surpluses (-4%/+6% GDP), some Member States have maintained current account surpluses well in excess of 6% GDP for a number of years;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 – having regard to the Commission communication of 1
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas despite several Member States have experienced sensible reductions of their current account deficits and the reduction of unit labour costs , net external debt in percentage of GDP has not decreased in most Member States;
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 b (new) 26b. Reminds that countries with a very negative demographic evolution, such as Germany and Greece, will need to maintain a sufficient current account surplus in order to meet future pension requirements;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 b (new) 26b. Notes that while an effort to build up savings for future pension requirements in the euro area is understandable to some extent, export of savings also involves financial risks; considers that satisfaction of future pension needs in countries with adverse demographic outlooks depends largely on sustained economic growth, high employment and manageable economic dependency ratios; points out that adequate investment of today's savings in human capital and future productive capacity is crucial in this respect;
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Emphasises the need to foster
Amendment 403 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Emphasises the need to foster real economic
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Emphasises the need to foster real economic and social convergence driven by improvements in productivity and non- cost factors; underlines the importance of all Member States having sufficient investment capacity and proper automatic stabilisers, enabling balanced and sustainable growth;
Amendment 405 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Emphasises the need to foster real economic and social convergence driven by improvements in productivity
Amendment 406 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Emphasises the need to foster real economic recovery and social
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Emphasises the need to foster real economic and social convergence driven by improvements in productivity and non- cost factors; underlines the importance of all Member States having sufficient investment capacity, reducing output gaps and enabling balanced and sustainable growth, which is crucial also to reduce debt/GDP ratios;
Amendment 408 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Emphasises the need to foster real economic and social convergence driven by improvements in productivity and non- cost factors; underlines the importance of all Member States
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Emphasises the need to foster real economic and social convergence driven by improvements in productivity and non- cost factors; urges the social partners to consistently keep wage increases in line with productivity increases in order to avoid building up macro-economic imbalances of the kind which a country can practically only overcome by an internal devaluation; underlines the importance of all Member States having sufficient investment capacity, enabling balanced and sustainable growth; acknowledges that high public and private debt significantly reduce the capacity to invest and thus slows down growth;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the investment gap especially in the euro area can be partially attributed to a lack of foreign direct investment, thereby reflecting the relative competitive disadvantages of the Economic and Monetary Union;
Amendment 410 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. The idea and purpose of a Eurozone fiscal capacity needs further deliberation to determine the function and form this capacity could have within a completed European Monetary Union
Amendment 411 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Recognises the benefits of
Amendment 414 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Recognises the benefits of asymmetrical adjustment, w
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Recognises the benefits of
Amendment 416 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Recognises the
Amendment 417 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28.
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Recognises the benefits of a more symmetrical adjustment in nominal unit labour costs, where regaining cost competitiveness
Amendment 419 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Re
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas
Amendment 420 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Calls for m
Amendment 421 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29.
Amendment 422 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Calls for measures preventing a race to the bottom in terms of taxation and social standards
Amendment 423 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Calls for measures preventing a race to the bottom in terms of taxation and social standards
Amendment 424 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Calls for measures preventing a race to the bottom in terms of taxation and social standards, building on better use of social indicators in macroeconomic surveillance; points to the importance of poverty and inequality indicators in this context;
Amendment 425 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Calls for measures preventing a race to the bottom in terms of taxation and social standards
Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 a (new) 29a. Calls for the inclusion of additional social and environmental indicators which should be on at least an equal footing with the rest of the MIP indicators; is of the opinion that such indicators must also be able to trigger corrective action and not merely to 'monitor' the overall socioeconomic situation; insists that excessive unemployment, inequality and poverty are also threatening imbalances for the Eurozone; recalls its repeated requests to adopt indicators regarding resource efficiency, indicators on unit capital costs and other indicators relevant for monitoring progress towards updated EU2020 objectives, including non-cost competitiveness-related indicators in fields such as R&D, education and training;
Amendment 427 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 a (new) 29a. Expresses its concerns regarding the increase of the U.S. dollar interest rate, which may negatively affect the Foreign Direct Investment in the euro area in the medium term;
Amendment 428 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 a (new) 29a. Notes the European Council conclusions on the Economic and Monetary Union and calls on the Commission to start preparing the longer- term measures as soon as possible;
Amendment 429 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 b (new) 29b. Highlights that the current euro depreciation may not only affect the euro area's account surplus but also it may deal to a loss of the euro's relevance in the exchange market and, therefore, its significance in the world economy;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the employment rate is
Amendment 430 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 6 Amendment 431 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 6 Amendment 432 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 c (new) 29a. Insists that the Eurozone recommendation needs to be the starting point for an economic policy debate involving Members States and EU institutions ahead of the spring European Council to allow a greater efficiency of the European semester and a better ownership of all stakeholders;
Amendment 433 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Believes that
Amendment 434 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Believes that better implementation of country-specific recommendations requires clearly articulated priorities at European level and genuine public debate at national level, leading to greater relevance and ownership; Welcomes, in this respect, the hitherto visits of members of the Commission in Member States in order to discuss the European Semester process and its documents; States, however, that further steps in order to increase the European Semester's national ownership should be taken;
Amendment 435 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Believes that
Amendment 436 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30.
Amendment 437 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Believes that better implementation of country-specific recommendations requires to better identify clearly articulated priorities at European level and genuine public debate at national level, leading to greater relevance and ownership;
Amendment 438 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Believes that better implementation of country-specific recommendations requires clearly articulated priorities at European level and
Amendment 439 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Believes that better implementation of country-specific recommendations requires clearly articulated priorities at European level and genuine public debate and commitment at national level, leading to greater relevance and ownership;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the employment rate is improving but not enough to significantly curb unemployment, particularly youth and long-term unemployment, and poverty;
Amendment 440 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Believes that better implementation of country-specific recommendations requires clearly articulated priorities at European level and genuine public debate at national and regional level, leading to greater relevance and ownership; in that context, welcomes Commission's decision to streamline the European Semester;
Amendment 441 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Believes that better implementation of country-specific recommendations requires clearly articulated priorities at European level and genuine public debate at national level by including national parliaments in the procedure, leading to greater relevance and ownership;
Amendment 442 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 a (new) 30a. Emphasizes that respecting Member States right to exercise their sovereign control over the monetary and fiscal policies represent the sole way to ensure democratic legitimacy and political accountability in the EU;
Amendment 443 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 Amendment 444 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 Amendment 445 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31.
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Calls for striking the right balance
Amendment 447 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Calls for striking the right balance between making country-specific recommendations focused on key priorities and ensuring that they address
Amendment 448 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Calls for striking the right balance between making country-specific recommendations focused on key priorities and ensuring that they address all key challenges
Amendment 449 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 a (new) 31a. Lauds the Commission’s work to define country-specific recommendations relating to the Single Market, but calls for more determined efforts to guide and coordinate national and EU policies, while continuing on the path of structural reforms, so as to help strengthen the Single Market with a view to tackling obstacles in its performance and reaping its potential to boost smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and create jobs especially for young people; highlights, in this regard, the need to maintain momentum as regards the policy priorities identified in the areas of services, networks and the digital economy; emphasises that the assessment of the implementation of the country-specific recommendations should also examine how the main stakeholders benefit from the Single Market;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the employment rate is improving but not enough to significantly curb unemployment and poverty, also because many new jobs are of precarious nature;
Amendment 450 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 a (new) 31a. Stresses that existing mechanism and instruments of coordination unnecessarily prevent Member States to democratically choose the economic policies they deem necessary and adequate to their specific situation on the basis on arbitrary and ideological assumptions; calls for a radical rethink of the EU economic governance framework based on the full respect of national economic sovereignty; stresses the urgent need to set up a plan for an orderly and coordinated break up of the Eurozone;
Amendment 451 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 Amendment 452 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 Amendment 453 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32.
Amendment 454 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32.
Amendment 455 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Requests that plenary debates with the Presidents of the Commission
Amendment 456 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Requests that plenary debates with the Commission and the President of the Eurogroup on the draft euro area recommendation become regular features in order to strengthen and complement existing democratic dialogue and accountability, for example the economic dialogue;
Amendment 457 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Requests that plenary debates with the Commission and the President of the Eurogroup on the Annual Growth Survey and on draft euro area recommendation ahead of their adoption become regular features in order to strengthen democratic
Amendment 458 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 a (new) 32a. Welcomes Commission's participation at Plenary and Committee debates on the European semester cycle and appreciates its decision to take into account Parliament's views in the preparation of final documents;
Amendment 459 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the employment rate is improving but not enough to significantly curb unemployment, particularly youth unemployment, and poverty;
Amendment 460 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Underlines that the spring European Council should remain the central moment where policy priorities are defined on the basis of input from the Commission, Parliament and the Council; calls therefore on the Council to adopt the euro area recommendations and conclusions on the Annual Growth Survey package after the Parliament has been able to take a position on them; affirms its resolve to consider these documents swiftly and to take a position well before the Spring European Council;
Amendment 461 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Underlines that the spring European Council should remain the central moment where policy priorities are defined
Amendment 462 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 Amendment 463 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34. Highlights the importance of national parliaments debating country reports and country-specific recommendations and voting on national reform programmes; calls on Member States to involve social partners, local and regional authorities and other relevant stakeholders in a structured manner, taking advantage of the early publication of country reports; suggests that a code of conduct could be elaborated for this purpose; highlights the irreplaceable role of social partners in wage-setting and the vital role they should play in wider economic discussions, particularly when it comes to promoting productivity;
Amendment 464 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34. Highlights the importance of national parliaments debating country reports and country-specific recommendations and voting on national reform programmes as wells as national convergence/stability programmes; encourages broadening the debate in order to include local and regional authorities and social partners;
Amendment 465 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34. Highlights the importance of national parliaments debating country reports and country-specific recommendations and voting on national reform programmes and of a proper consultation and association of social partners;
Amendment 466 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34. Highlights the importance of national parliaments debating country reports and country-specific recommendations and voting on national reform programmes; in addition, calls in this context for stronger cooperation on the part of national parliaments with the European Parliament;
Amendment 467 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 Amendment 468 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 Amendment 469 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas the share of environmental taxes in total revenue fell to 6,3% in 2013 compared to 6,5% in 2012 in the EU; whereas environmental taxes are less detrimental to growth than labour taxes; whereas, according to the IMF, fossil energy subsidies amount to 329 billions of dollars per year;
Amendment 470 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 Amendment 472 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Urges the Commission to launch negotiations on an interinstitutional agreement on economic governance, as suggested in the Five Presidents
Amendment 473 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Urges the Commission to launch negotiations on an interinstitutional agreement on economic governance, as suggested in the Five Presidents
Amendment 474 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35.
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da .whereas Europe is an economic area that is the most dependent on imported resources, compared to its competitors; whereas building a truly circular economy in Europe is thus a prerequisite for future economic growth;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas the lack of meaningful structural reform and budgetary discipline in the Member States has pressured the European Central Bank to pursue an accommodating monetary policy which is endangering monetary stability;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 15 Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas the single currency has had the effect of exacerbating divergences and imbalances between deficit and surplus countries, which reflects the fact that it is structurally impossible for the single currency to ensure real convergence and cohesion within a currency area that is very far from optimal;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas the improvements that have been seen in the employment rate in countries such as Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece stem from the manipulation of statistical information and a decline in the working age population, owing to a very significant increase in emigration;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas a very positive process has been launched by the Single Market Governance within the European Semester and the corresponding country- specific recommendations (CSRs) for a more competitive Europe which generates quality jobs with an equitable growth better attracting investors;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas the 2008 crisis was not only of a cyclical nature but also of a structural nature, which explains its lasting effects;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas the free movement of people, goods, services and capital is the cornerstone of the sustainable economic growth in the European Union’s Single Market;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) Db. whereas the euro area still lacks a procedure that provides for an orderly exit of its members, which has intensified centrifugal forces within the Economic and Monetary Union;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) Db. whereas the European Semester and related instruments such as the Annual Growth Survey, whose basic objective is to ensure that the Member States institutionalise austerity-based budgetary and economic policies regardless of their constitutional texts and the will of the people, in line with the debt and deficit targets laid down in the Stability and Growth Pact, the economic reform plans set out in their country-specific recommendations and the Europe 2020 Strategy targets for growth and employment, are profoundly neoliberal and antidemocratic in nature;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) Db. whereas the implementation of fiscal consolidation policies have resulted in a significant deterioration of public services and social protection, which led to increasing levels of absolute poverty and socio-economic inequalities;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D c (new) Dc. whereas tax avoidance, tax evasion and aggressive tax planning have caused billions of losses in potential revenues to the public finances of several Member States, to the benefit of large corporations, thus undermining the basis for solidarity between countries and fair competition between enterprises;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D d (new) Dd. whereas recent empirical studies found that structural reforms pursuing labour market liberalization do not have a statistically significant impact on output growth, unlike investments in R&D and innovation, which generate the highest productivity gains;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 18 a (new) – having regard to the COP 21 agreement adopted at the Paris climate conference on 12 December 2015,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D e (new) De. whereas empirical evidence shows that financial sector expansion in developed countries inhibits economic growth and increases income inequalities, as reported in several studies conducted by international organisations, including IMF, BIS, OECD;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the 2016 Annual Growth Survey package and the proposed policy mix of investment, structural reform and fiscal responsibility, with increased emphasis on the adjustment capacity of Member-States, domestic demand and convergence, complementing accommodative monetary policies;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the 2016 Annual Growth Survey package and the proposed policy mix of investment, structural reform and fiscal responsibility, with increased emphasis on domestic demand and convergence, complementing accommodative monetary policies; Welcomes the fact that the document aims to further promote higher growth levels within the EU and to strengthen European recovery;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the 2016 Annual Growth Survey package and the proposed policy mix of investment
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the 2016 Annual Growth Survey package and the proposed policy mix of investment,
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 22 a (new) – having regard to the Commission communication of 28 November 2014 on the Economic Governance review (COM (2014)905),
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the 2016 Annual Growth Survey package and the proposed policy mix of investment, structural reform and fiscal responsibility, with increased emphasis on domestic demand and convergence, complementing accommodative monetary policies; underlines that major national efforts as well as stronger European coordination and instruments are needed to achieve a more robust economic recovery and sustainable, widely-shared prosperity;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the 2016 Annual Growth Survey package and the proposed policy mix of investment, structural reform and fiscal
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Commission to include in the next AGS a fourth pillar based on a comprehensive strategy to move towards a low-carbon economy, in order to translate in concrete policy actions the results of the COP21 for the purpose of fighting climate change and promoting sustainable growth based on innovation, an efficient use of energy and resources, renewable energy, green investment and new employment opportunities;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Does not support the proposals contained in the 2016 Annual Growth Survey package, since overall they continue to emphasise policies which have so far failed to provide answers to the problems facing EU Member States, and have instead exacerbated those problems;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Regrets that the package does not contain any recommendation to use the margins of manoeuver and spin-off benefits arising from the decrease of oil price to create European added value, including to promote ecological transition;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes improvements in public finances, in particular gradually declining debt/GDP ratios; points out that the still high levels of public debt in the EU result in an insufficient buffer in case of a new shock;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes improvements in public finances, in particular gradually declining de
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes improvements in public finances, in particular gradually declining debt/GDP ratios; recalls that GDP does not represent economic reality when the depreciation of capital goods is not fully recognised;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes improvements in public finances, in particular gradually declining debt/GDP ratios, as a key strategy to reach a more solid, sustainable and efficient growth;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 22 a (new) – having regard to its resolution of 30 September 2015 on cohesion policy and the review of the Europe 2020 Strategy,
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes improvements in public finances,
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes improvements in public finances, in particular gradually declining debt/GDP ratios in some countries; is concerned about rising debt/GDP ratios in others;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes improvements in public finances, in particular gradually declining debt/GDP ratios; deplores however the head-in-the-sand policy on the unsustainability of public debt in certain Member States in light of the current growth and inflation rates;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes improvements in public finances, in particular gradually declining debt/GDP ratios; notes however that many Member States have limited fiscal space to cope with possible new economic shocks; therefore stronger European coordination and instruments should be considered to support individual Member States’ efforts;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes improvements in public finances, in particular
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes improvements in public finances in some places, in particular gradually declining debt/GDP ratios;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Regrets, however, that the cost of hosting the one million migrants that arrived in Europe in 2015 has weighed heavily on the public finances of the more fragile countries;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes that
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes that the European Union’s global competitiveness remains an important objective, while the worsening global outlook calls for strengthening domestic sources of growth, e.g. by meaningful structural reform, and better, as well as less, regulation;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 23 a (new) – having regard to its resolution of 15 December 2015 entitled ‘towards a European energy union’,
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes that Europe’s global competitiveness remains an important objective, while the worsening global outlook calls for strengthening domestic sources of growth by, in particular, enhancing innovation-driven efficiency and keeping labour costs in line with productivity;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes with concern that Europe’s global competitiveness policy remains
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes that Europe’s global competitiveness, assessed in terms of innovation, research and development, education & training and public infrastructures remains an important objective, while the worsening global outlook calls for strengthening domestic sources of growth;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes that increasing Europe’s global competitiveness remains an important objective,
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes that Europe’s global competitiveness remains an important objective, while the worsening global outlook calls for strengthening domestic sources of growth in a good balance with reforms increasing the competitiveness of the Eurozone;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes that Europe’s global competitiveness remains an important objective, while the worsening global outlook calls for strengthening domestic sources of growth in order to make Europe’s economy more resilient; is concerned notably with increasing financial turmoil in emerging economies and consequent slow-down in global demand, the possibility of new financial crisis related to build-up of excess liquidity and growing social inequalities in many parts of the world, as well as geopolitical instability in Europe’s neighbourhood;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes that Europe’s global competitiveness remains an important objective, while the worsening global outlook calls for strengthening
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes that Europe’s global competitiveness remains an important objective, while the worsening global outlook calls for strengthening domestic sources of growth as well;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notes that particularly the euro area is still suffering from significant macroeconomic imbalances between Member States; calls for urgent action in Member States with current account surpluses to increase domestic demand, particularly through increased public investment and stronger wage growth.
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls for further efforts to support recovery, foster convergence and correct macroeconomic imbalances
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Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Acknowledges the new approach for a more streamlined European Semester organised in two successive phases, including publishing
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses that the unprecedented inflow of refugees and asylum seekers over the last year has represented a great challenge and has unevenly burdened some Member States; it is therefore necessary to mobilize available funds and seek synergies for added value results;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Urges the Commission to take better account of the Europe 2020 Strategy and its key targets by improving its implementation and carrying out a further review; calls on the Commission to ensure, in the context of
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Urges the Commission to take better account of the Europe 2020 Strategy and
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Urges the Commission to take better account of the Europe 2020 Strategy and its key targets by improving its implementation and carrying out a further review, in the context of the European Semester, as well as by proposing measures and methodology for better monitoring of the EU Funds expenditures related to Europe 2020 goals; underlines that cohesion policy, the main EU-wide investment policy, contributes inherently to the Europe 2020 goals of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; believes that the forthcoming Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) review will provide an opportunity to analyse and therefore enhance the value added by EU funding to the goals of Europe 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Urges the Commission to take better account of the Europe 2020 Strategy and its key targets by improving its implementation and carrying out a further review
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Urges the Commission to take better account of the Europe 2020 Strategy and its key targets by improving its implementation and carrying out a further review, in the context of the European Semester, as well as by proposing measures and methodology for better monitoring of the EU Funds expenditures related to Europe 2020 goals; believes that the forthcoming Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) review will provide an opportunity to analyse and therefore enhance the value added by EU funding to the goals of Europe 2020 Strategy; insists on the need to gradually increase the involvement of local and regional level actors in the early consultation process in the context of the mid-term review;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Urges the Commission to take better account of the Europe 2020 Strategy and its key targets by improving its implementation and carrying out a further review, in the context of the European Semester, as well as by proposing measures and methodolog
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notes that resources from ESIF in 2014-2016 are expected to account for approximately 14% of total public investment on EU average, with the highest share reaching beyond 70% in some Member States; highlights the crucial importance of ESIF support for public investment programmes;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Notes the significance of EU investment for less developed regions along with the importance to ensure its capacity to attract further investment, thus promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Acknowledges the new approach for a more streamlined European Semester organised in two successive phases, including publishing the recommendations for the entire euro area early on, together with this annual growth survey (AGS)
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines that the new European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), as part of the Investment Plan for Europe, should be complementary to local and regional investment strategies and the European Structural and Investment (ESI Funds), and that Member States should
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines that the new European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), as part of the Investment Plan for Europe, should
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines that the new European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), as part of the Investment Plan for Europe, should be complementary to local and regional investment strategies and the European Structural and Investment (ESI Funds), and that Member States should closely involve
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines that the new European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), as part of the Investment Plan for Europe, should be complementary to local and regional investment strategies and the European Structural and Investment (ESI Funds), and that Member States should closely involve the local and regional authorities in promoting project pipelines and investment platforms; welcomes the fact that the Commission intends shortly to issue guidelines for the complementarity of funds for the benefit of the Member States and other actors; calls for further steps to be taken to ensure complementarity and synergies between the ESI Funds, the EFSI and other EU-subsidised programmes and initiatives, together with
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines that the new European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), as part of the Investment Plan for Europe, should be complementary to and in line with local and regional investment strategies and the European Structural and Investment (ESI Funds), and points out that Member States should closely involve the local and regional authorities from the outset in promoting project pipelines and investment platforms; calls for f
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines that the new European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), as part of the Investment Plan for Europe, should be complementary to local and regional investment strategies and the European Structural and Investment (ESI Funds), and that Member States should closely involve
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes the closer links between the objectives of the European Semester process and the programming of the ESI Funds for 2014-2020, reflected in the Partnership Agreements, especially concerning improvements to the labour market, the reform of education systems, the functioning of public administration, improvements to the business and research and innovation environment, and social inclusion; therefore, considers that
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes the closer links between the objectives of the European Semester process and the programming of the ESI Funds for 2014-2020, reflected in the Partnership Agreements, especially concerning improvements to the labour market, the reform of education systems, the functioning of public administration, improvements to the business and research and innovation environment, and social
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes the
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Acknowledges the new approach for a more streamlined European Semester organised in two successive phases, including publishing the recommendations for the entire euro area early on, together with this annual growth survey (AGS), preceding the country-specific recommendations (CSRs), thus giving Member States the opportunity to take the euro area recommendations into account in national policymaking; stresses that the Member States should draw up responsible budget policies that take account of the priorities set at regional level;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes the closer links between the objectives of the European Semester process and the programming of the ESI Funds for 2014-2020, reflected in the Partnership Agreements, especially concerning improvements to the labour market, the reform of education systems, the functioning of public administration, improvements to the business and research and innovation environment, and social inclusion; considers that cohesion policy investments could
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes the closer links between the
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Urges the Member States and the Commission to ensure adequate administrative capacity in order to increase the quality of public services to
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Urges the Member States and the Commission to ensure adequate administrative capacity in order to
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Urges the Member States and the Commission to ensure adequate administrative capacity in order to increase the quality of service to firms and citizens, and to ensure improved transparency, efficiency and accountability in public procurement, by utilising e-procurement and tackling corruption; calls, in this context, for the efficient use of ESI Funds also contributing to reform structures and processes, human
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Urges the Member States and the Commission to ensure adequate administrative capacity in order to increase the quality of service to firms and citizens, and to ensure improved transparency, efficiency and accountability in public procurement,
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Urges the Member States and the Commission to ensure adequate administrative capacity in order to increase the quality of service to firms and citizens, and to ensure improved transparency, efficiency and accountability in public procurement, by utilising e-procurement and tackling corruption; calls, in this
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the fact that the Commission has underlined that ESI Funds can play a vital role in supporting reform implementation and injecting investment directly into the real economy, if targeted wisely and effectively implemented; acknowledges that there is an urgent need to focus on improving the investment environment
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the fact that the Commission has underlined that ESI Funds can play a vital role in supporting reform implementation and injecting investment directly into the real economy, if targeted wisely and effectively implemented; acknowledges that there is an urgent need to focus on improving the investment environment and points out that
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the fact that the Commission has underlined that ESI Funds can play a vital role in supporting reform implementation and injecting investment directly into the real economy, if targeted wisely and effectively implemented; acknowledges that there is an urgent need to focus on improving the investment environment and points out that both CSRs and ex ante conditionalities within cohesion policy 2014-2020 have a key role to play in this context, as they have important positive spillover effects on the broader investment environment; stresses in this connection that at the time of adoption of the programmes only 75% of all ex ante conditionalities were fulfilled; urges the Commission and the Member States to
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Expresses concern that despite moderate signs of recovery, the EU economy is still in a period of slow growth, high long-term and youth unemployment, increased poverty levels and widening regional disparities in terms of GDP per capita; therefore calls on the Commission and Member States to speed up the implementation of ESI Funds 2014-2020 and all activities which support the implementation, such as: simplification, taskforce for better implementation, building institutional capacity, etc.; stresses that the unprecedented inflow of refugees and asylum seekers over the last year has represented a great challenge in some Member States;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the fact that the Commission has underlined that ESI Funds can play a vital role in supporting reform implementation and injecting investment directly into the real economy, if targeted wisely and effectively implemented; acknowledges that there is an urgent need to focus on improving the investment environment and points out that both CSRs and ex ante conditionalities within cohesion policy 2014-2020 have a key role to play in this context, as they have important positive spillover effects on the broader investment environment; urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure that EU funding is used to its full potential and in the most effective and efficient way, whilst adhering to the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Notes the proposal by the Commission to set up the Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP); urges the Commission to ensure that the programme
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Notes the proposal by the Commission to set up the Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP); urges the Commission to ensure that the programme funding, designed to deliver support upon a Member State’s request and through the management
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on the Commission – in order to increase democratic control over economic management – to involve the European Parliament in the whole process more fully by means of an interinstitutional agreement, as proposed in the Five Presidents' Report of 22 June 2015; considers that this agreement should therefore, inter alia, also provide for regular exchanges of views between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission before publication of the Annual Growth Survey and before publication of the CSRs.
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Underlines the presence of Member States within different stages of economic cycles and therefore, given its high level of interdependence and the singleness of the Eurozone's monetary policy, indicates the danger posed by regarding the Euro area only as one macroeconomic entity; Calls therefore for the promotion of convergence, cautiously taking into regard country-specific vulnerabilities and differences in macro-economic cycles including by providing an in-depth assessment of macroeconomic imbalances;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Expresses concern that despite moderate signs of recovery, the EU economy is still in a period of slow growth, high long-term and youth unemployment, increased poverty levels and widening regional disparities in terms of GDP per capita;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Expresses concern that despite moderate signs of recovery, the EU economy is still in a period of slow growth, high long-term and youth unemployment, increased poverty levels and widening regional disparities in terms of GDP per capita; stresses that the unprecedented inflow of refugees and asylum seekers over the last year has represented a great challenge in
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Expresses concern that despite
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Expresses concern that despite moderate signs of recovery, the
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Expresses concern that despite moderate signs of recovery, the EU economy is still in a period of slow growth, high long-term and youth unemployment, increased poverty levels and widening regional disparities in terms of GDP per capita; stresses that the unprecedented inflow of refugees and asylum seekers over the last year has represented a great challenge in some Member States; stresses that the Member States’ specific recommendations should pursue achievable objectives, in the light of the new challenges;
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