Activities of Dimitrios DROUTSAS related to 2013/2277(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the enquiry report on the role and operations of the Troika (ECB, Commission and IMF) with regard to the euro area programme countries
Amendments (9)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Memorandum signed by euro area countriesMember States of the euro-area seeking financial assistance affects fundamental rights and the social situation of those countries, but the development and implementation of actions are notwithout being subject to any democratic scrutinyparliamentary control at neither national nor EU level;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1a (new)
Paragraph 1a (new)
1a. Points out that Troika was set up without the EU Primary Law providing for an appropriate legal basis;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1b (new)
Paragraph 1b (new)
1b. Deplores the unpreparedness of the EU and its institutions to address swiftly and efficiently the sovereign debt crisis of large magnitude inside the monetary union;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1c (new)
Paragraph 1c (new)
1c. Regrets deeply that the system of financial assistance established has not yet been brought under proper parliamentary scrutiny and accountability in the framework of the EU Treaties;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that some of theRegrets that certain conditionalities set by the Troika violatein the various adjustment programmes are in violation of certain fundamental rights.
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5a (new)
Paragraph 5a (new)
5a. Notes that recommendations contained in Memorandum of Unsderstdandings (MoUs) mark a clear departure from the aims of the “Lisbon Strategy” and the “Europe 2020 Strategies”, particularly to ensure high levels of growth, competitiveness and employment;.
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5b (new)
Paragraph 5b (new)
5b. Stresses that pursuing economic and financial stability in the Member States and the Union as a whole must not undermine social stability, the European social model and social rights of EU citizens; calls for the full involvement of social partners in the design and implementation of adjustment programmes, current and future;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5c (new)
Paragraph 5c (new)
5c. Calls for the current Troika setting to be discontinued and points out that any future structure of the Troika has to be duly democratically legitimised and included in the Community framework; demands close cooperation with and full participation of the European Parliament and a greater involvement of National Parliaments, especially of those Member States under financial assistance programmes;
Amendment 37 #
5d. Calls for a Treaty change which will provide for all necessary instruments and means to allow the Union and its institutions to address swiftly and efficiently and in a duly democratically legitimised way challenges that might put in danger the economic, financial and social stability of the euro area and its Member States in the future;