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2016/2101(INI) European semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2016 priorities
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Lead committee dossier: ECON/8/06422
Next event: Vote scheduled in committee, 1st reading/single reading 2016/10/11 more...
- Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading 2016/11/21
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Opinion | BUDG | ARTHUIS Jean (ALDE) | |
Opinion | CULT | ZDROJEWSKI Bogdan Andrzej (EPP) | |
Lead | ECON | SANT Alfred (S&D) | FERBER Markus (EPP), STARBATTY Joachim (ECR), TREMOSA I BALCELLS Ramon (ALDE), VALLI Marco (EFD) |
Opinion | EMPL | RIBEIRO Sofia (EPP) | |
Opinion | IMCO | STIHLER Catherine (S&D) | |
Opinion | REGI | RUAS Fernando (EPP) |
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- 2016/06/24 Council Meeting
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2016/06/09
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
- Debate in Council: 3478
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2016/2101(INI)
2016/07/13
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62 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the large number of CSRs that support a well-functioning and integrated Single Market, including financing and investment opportunities which support businesses and help create jobs, e-government, public procurement and mutual recognition of qualifications; stresses that enforcement is key if the impact from these policy areas is to be felt; considers it crucial, in this regard, that the Commission pay as much attention as possible, in connection with CSRs, to introducing long-term reforms which have a significant impact, especially in relation to social investments, quality employment and training;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the large number of CSRs that support a well-functioning and integrated Single Market, including financing and investment opportunities which support businesses and help create jobs, e-government, public procurement and mutual recognition including mutual recognition of qualifications; stresses that enforcement is key if the impact from these policy areas is to be felt;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to monitor the progress made by the Member States
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to monitor the progress made by the Member States, and reiterates the importance of the formal inclusion of the Single Market pillar in the European Semester so as to enable continuous monitoring of Single Market indicators, allowing for systematic follow- up and assessment of Member States’ progress on CSRs; stresses that an inclusive Single Market, with enhanced governance which favours better regulation and competition, is a crucial instrument to improve growth, employment and competitiveness and to preserve the confidence of the business sector and consumers;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to monitor the progress made by the Member States, and reiterates the importance of the formal inclusion of the Single Market pillar in the European Semester so as to enable continuous monitoring of Single Market indicators, allowing for systematic follow- up and assessment of Member States’ progress on CSRs; draws attention, in this regard, to the social value of the European Single Market, the original goal of which was to create tools for growth, cohesion and investment;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Takes note that Member States play a crucial role in the good governance and proper functioning of the single market, and that they therefore need to jointly exercise proactive ownership and management of the single market, generating a new political impetus through consolidated state-of-health reports on the single market and the formal inclusion of the single market as a pillar of governance in the European Semester;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Acknowledges the new structure of CSRs in 2016, which allows for more effective targeting on key identified challenges; stresses, however, that progress by Member States on all CSRs should not be overlooked and existing difficulties of implementation should be thoroughly analysed;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the importance of ensuring consistency between ongoing and future Commission Single Market initiatives and the European Semester process, in particular those involving the Single Market and Digital Single Market Strategies; Calls on the Member States to fully cooperate in implementing the Digital Single Market and Single Market Strategies; urges the Commission and Member States to support the further development of the collaborative economy;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Reiterates the importance of a well- functioning and integrated Single Market to the recovery of the European economy after the financial crisis
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the importance of ensuring consistency between ongoing and future Commission Single Market initiatives and the European Semester process, in particular those involving the Single Market and Digital Single Market Strategies; recalls the need to carry out appropriate and fair economic and social reforms and to tackle red tape and protectionism, in order to improve productivity and the competitiveness of the European economy;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the importance of ensuring consistency between ongoing and future Commission Single Market initiatives and the European Semester process, in particular those involving the Single Market and Digital Single Market Strategies; stresses, further, the need for investment to be concentrated on the priorities set in the Europe 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the importance of ensuring consistency between ongoing and future Commission Single Market initiatives and the European Semester process, in particular those involving the Single Market
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission to take into account future policies, such as those relating to the Capital Markets Union and the digital single market, as well as the situation on the ground in each country, when drawing up the CSRs, with a view to preparing the Member States in advance and hence ensuring smooth implementation of those policies;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Supports an inclusive and transparent process for the European Semester; stresses the importance of listening to the voices of social and democratic representatives, the majority of whom, over the past few years, have been calling for a review of the European Semester procedure, to the benefit, in particular, of investments, the quality of social spending and extraordinary measures for employment and training;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Supports an inclusive and transparent process for the European Semester as well as a continuous communication process;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Member States to do all they can to
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Member States to do all they can to foster a healthy business environment through innovation, R&D and digitalisation, in order to create jobs, particularly through micro-businesses
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Member States to do all they can to foster a healthy business environment by further reducing red tape and improving administrative efficiency and the quality of legislation, as well as through innovation, R&D and digitalisation, in order to create jobs, particularly through micro-businesses and SMEs;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Reiterates the importance of a well- functioning and integrated Single Market to the recovery of the European economy after the financial crisis; supports the inclusion of Country-Specific Recommendations (CSRs) which go beyond
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Member States to do all they can to foster a healthy business environment through innovation, energy efficiency, R&D and digitalisation, in order to create jobs, particularly through micro- businesses and SMEs, including enterprises in the social economy;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Member States to do all they can to foster a healthy business environment through innovation, R&D and digitalisation, in order to create jobs, particularly through micro-businesses, startups and SMEs;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Welcomes the Commission's determination to address the lack of tax coordination within the EU, in particular the difficulties faced by SMEs as a result of the complexity of differing national VAT regulations; calls on the Commission to assess the feasibility of further coordination and, in particular, to assess the possibility of a simplified VAT approach in the Digital Single Market;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Welcomes the new rules on e-commerce brought forward by the Commission; believes these to be an essential precondition for prosperous cross-border e-commerce, to the benefit of SMEs and consumers in particular;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Calls on the Commission to establish an efficient monitoring system to ensure that procedures do not prevent SMEs from participating in public procurement;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Condemns the barriers which still exist, or have been created, that hinder a well-functioning and integrated Single Market; draws attention, in particular, to the partial transposition and implementation of the Services Directive by many Member States, and calls on the Commission to enforce more effectively what Member States have signed up to in European law;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Condemns the barriers which still exist that hinder a well-functioning and integrated Single Market, in particular the partial transposition and implementation of the Services Directive by many Member States, and calls on the Commission to enforce more effectively what Member States have signed up to in European law; recalls the Commission's promise to - if necessary - use infringement procedures to ensure full implementation of legislation on the single market of goods, services and in the digital sphere and to ensure structural reforms in product, services and labour markets in Member States;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Condemns the barriers which still exist that hinder a well-functioning and integrated Single Market, in particular the partial transposition and implementation of the Services Directive by many Member States, and calls on the Commission to enforce more effectively what Member States have signed up to in European law; highlights, among those existing barriers, the obstacles which prevent persons with disabilities from fully enjoying the benefits of the internal market; hopes that the Disability Act launched by the Commission may be promptly implemented and will focus effectively on specific measures to promote inclusion and access;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Condemns the barriers which still exist, which are being created and will be created in the future, that hinder a well- functioning and integrated Single Market, in particular the partial transposition and implementation of the Services Directive by many Member States, and calls on the Commission to enforce more effectively what Member States have signed up to in European law;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Reiterates the importance of a well- functioning and integrated Single Market to the recovery of the European economy after the financial crisis; supports the inclusion of Country-Specific Recommendations (CSRs) which go
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Condemns the barriers which still exist that hinder a well-functioning and integrated Single Market, in particular the partial transposition and implementation of the Services Directive by many Member States, and calls on the Commission to enforce more effectively what Member States have signed up to in European law in the interests of greater consumer protection;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Notes that further action is required to better implement mutual recognition of professional qualifications
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Notes that further action is required to better implement mutual recognition of professional qualifications, and welcomes the exercise of mapping regulated qualifications, which will create an interactive public database that can aid Member States’ National Action Plans; points out that the system relating to the recognition of professional qualifications is underpinned by the principles of reciprocal trust between legal systems and mutual checking of the quality of qualifications; calls, therefore, for greater efforts on the part of Member States and the Commission to speed up the process to approximate national systems for monitoring and issuing qualifications;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Notes that further action is required to better implement mutual recognition of professional qualifications,
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Notes that further action is required to better implement mutual recognition principle including mutual recognition of professional qualifications, and welcomes the exercise of mapping regulated qualifications, which will create an interactive public database that can aid Member States’ National Action Plans;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10.
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Regrets that CSRs continue to point to deficiencies in public procurement such as the lack of competition and transparency, with 21 Member States failing to fully transpose the legislative package; calls on the Commission to act swiftly to ensure that Member States meet their legal obligations by taking the necessary infringement procedures; reiterates, in this regard, the importance of systematically monitoring transparency in the general government sector as a crucial criterion for increasing trust in Europe and as a way of promoting a virtuous circle of growth and investment;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Regrets that CSRs continue to point to deficiencies in public procurement such as the lack of competition and transparency, with 21 Member States failing to fully transpose the legislative package, resulting in distortions in the market; calls on the Commission to act swiftly to ensure that Member States meet their legal obligations by taking the necessary infringement procedures;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Reminds the Commission that reducing administrative barriers for businesses and Member States and strict compliance with the principle of subsidiarity when proposing new EU laws will necessarily bring about more effective implementation of CSRs;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Reiterates the importance of a well- functioning, competitive and integrated Single Market, strictly based on all of the EU's four freedoms. to the recovery of the European economy after the financial crisis; supports the inclusion of Country- Specific Recommendations (CSRs) which go beyond narrow fiscal and macroeconomic targets and allow for a more balanced policy mix with the potential to help sustain a socially balanced recovery; welcomes this repositioning, as well as the streamlined structure of CSRs;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Supports the Member States in their endeavours to modernise public services, in particular through e-government, and calls for better cross-border cooperation and interoperability of public administrations to the benefit of all citizens; considers it to be of great importance, in order to facilitate structural reforms and long-term growth, to concentrate a substantial part of the Juncker Plan investments on digital distribution programmes for small companies and general government; calls, therefore, for a greater focus on this goal in the next strategic expenditure guidelines of the Plan;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Supports the Member States in their endeavours to modernise public services, in particular through e-government, and calls for better cross-border cooperation and interoperability of public administrations to the benefit of all citizens, and at the same time calls on the Commission, where digitalisation of public services is financed from the EU budget, to engage in more effective monitoring of the transparency and appropriate use of the funds, including checks on the related public procurement contracts;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Supports the Member States in their endeavours to modernise public services, in particular through e-government, and calls for better cross-border cooperation and interoperability of public administrations to the benefit of all citizens, always in accordance with the principle of personal data protection;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Supports the Member States in their endeavours to modernise public services, in particular through e-government, and calls for better cross-border cooperation, de-bureaucratization and interoperability of public administrations to the benefit of all citizens;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Supports the Member States in their endeavours to modernise public services, in particular through e-government, and calls for better cross-border cooperation and interoperability of public administrations to the benefit of all businesses and citizens;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Supports the Member States in their endeavours to modernise public administrations and their services, in particular through e-government, and calls for better cross-border cooperation and interoperability of public administrations to the benefit of all citizens;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 12. Notes that several CSRs focus on skills and labour markets; stresses that the right skills are key to ensuring productivity and output growth; calls on the Commission and the Member States to pursue and adopt digital
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 12. Notes that several CSRs focus on skills and labour markets; stresses that the right skills and good initial and lifelong training are key to ensuring productivity and
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 12. Notes that several CSRs focus on skills and labour markets; stresses that the right skills are key to ensuring productivity and output growth; calls on the Commission and the Member States to pursue and adopt digital and lifelong learning programmes
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 12. Notes that several CSRs focus on skills and labour markets; stresses that the right skills are key to ensuring productivity and output growth; calls on the Commission and the Member States to pursue and adopt digital and lifelong learning programmes as a matter of urgency; considers it vital, therefore, in order to achieve this goal, to grant Member States broad leeway for investing in vocational training and education, starting with greater national co- financing margins to support the main EU projects in these areas.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Reiterates the importance of a well- functioning and integrated Single Market to the recovery of the European economy after the financial crisis; supports the
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 12. Notes that several CSRs focus on skills and labour markets; stresses that the right skills are key to ensuring competitiveness and productivity and output growth; calls on the Commission and the Member States to pursue and adopt digital and lifelong learning programmes as a matter of urgency.
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Welcomes the greater emphasis placed on labour markets in the country reports, highlighting serious structural problems such as long-term unemployment and the poor implementation of active labour market policies; stresses the fact that too many of the problems identified have not been addressed by way of targeted recommendations.
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Notes that the full potential of public-private partnerships (PPP) has not yet been harnessed in the majority of EU Member States; calls for the harmonisation of Member State framework rules on PPPs, the dissemination of best practices and the promotion of PPPs;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Reiterates the importance of a well- functioning and integrated Single Market to the recovery of the European economy after the financial crisis; supports the inclusion of Country-Specific Recommendations (CSRs) which go beyond narrow fiscal and macroeconomic targets and allow for a more balanced policy mix with the potential to help sustain a socially balanced recovery; welcomes this repositioning, as well as the streamlined structure of CSRs; calls for efforts to combat tax fraud and tax evasion to be stepped up;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Reiterates the importance of a well- functioning and integrated Single Market to the recovery of the European economy after the financial crisis; supports the inclusion of Country-Specific Recommendations (CSRs) which go beyond narrow fiscal and macroeconomic targets and allow for a more balanced policy mix, such as, for example, quality indicators for public spending and social investments, with the potential to help sustain a socially balanced recovery; welcomes this repositioning, as well as the streamlined structure of CSRs;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Reiterates the importance of a well- functioning and integrated Single Market to the recovery of the European economy after the financial crisis; supports the inclusion of Country-Specific Recommendations (CSRs) which go beyond narrow fiscal and macroeconomic targets and allow for a more balanced policy mix with the potential to help sustain a socially balanced recovery to enable the development of new jobs and SMEs; welcomes this repositioning, as well as the streamlined structure of CSRs;
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