Activities of Ivana MALETIĆ related to 2014/2245(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Investment for jobs and growth: promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU (A8-0173/2015 - Tamás Deutsch) HR
Amendments (18)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the economic crisis and the austerity measures have greatly increased economic and social disparities, worsening the differences between (and within) Member Statesfollowed by an investment gap, as well as structural weaknesses and macroeconomic imbalances within certain Member States, which had built up over years and sometimes decades, ended up seriously affecting the economic, social and territorial cohesion in the Union;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
Citation 24 a (new)
- having regard to the Communication from the Commission of 9 March 2015 on the 2015 EU Justice Scoreboard (COM(2015) 116 final),
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 b (new)
Citation 24 b (new)
- having regard to the Annual report 2013 on the protection of the EU's financial interests - Fight against fraud,
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines the importance of national competence over the implementation of structural reforms and fiscal consolidation measures as defined in the Country Specific Recommendations (CSR) for achieving the aim of economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU; therefore calls on the Member States to increase the use of ESIF for the implementation of CSRs;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the important role of cCohesion pPolicy in mitigatclosing the effects of the financial, economic and social crisis, as well as its positive effects on all regions; underlines its importance in closing the public/private investment gap, especially in the Member States hit most by the crisiinvestment gap, especially in Member States which had been facing an increase of the fiscal deficit and debt and had lost access to capital markets;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the reform of cCohesion pPolicy has focused on delivering anot only investment policybut development policy as well; welcomes the Commission’'s Investment Plan, and endorses its proposal to finance the new EFSI by making nationalencourage additional national contributions to the EFSI through not triggering an Excessive Deficit Procedure under the conditions that the 3% deficit value be breached only because of the contribution to the EFSI, and as long as the excess over the reference value is small and is expected to be temporary; notes that, as far as the attainment of the Medium Term Objective of reducing the overall debt is concerned, the contributions to the fundEFSI is fiscally neutral as regards the SGPboth in the preventive and the corrective arm; reminds that the national contributions to the ESIF are considered as an expenditure and do not lead to a reduction of the deficit under the new rules; having in mind the correlation between good economic governance and absorption capacity; stresses the interdependence of cCohesion pPolicy with the EU’'s other investment initiatives; calls on the Commission to encourage the use of ESIF by prolonging the fiscal adjustment period, when they are used as a flanking measure for structural reforms and an increase in investments; calls on the Commission to create a coherent and effective investment framework;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines that straightening administrative capacity for programming, implementation and evaluation in the Member States, is key priority for timely and successful performance of cohesion policy;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Expresses its serious concern about the significant delay in the implementation of cohesion policy 2014-2020, including the delay in adoption of Operational Programmes, with only just over 100263 Operational Programmes adopted at the end of 2014, as well as a backlog in payments amounting to ca EUR 25 billion for the 2007-2013 programming period; stresses that these delays are undermining the credibility of the EU budget and cohesion policy, effectiveness and sustainability, challenging national, regional and local authorities’' capacity to finalize implementation of the 2007-2013 period and to plan effectively and implement the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) for the 2014- 2020 period;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. WelcomesNotes the clarification of the ‘'investment clause’' as outlined in the Commission communication on flexibility within the SGP; strongly believes thatnotes that the 'investment clause' does not allow for expenditures to be excluded from the calculation of the deficit, neither in the preventive, nor in the corrective arm of the Pact; notes that under the 'investment clause' should be symmetrically extended to the corrective arm; ome investments deemed to be equivalent to major structural reforms may justify a temporary deviation from the Medium Term Objective of reducing the overall debt; reminds that there are stringent conditions attached to activating the 'investment clause', including severe growth weaknesses in the Member State, as well as the obligation to compensate in the future for that temporary deviation from the MTO, and finally that the clause can only be activated if it doesn't lead to an excess over the 3% deficit limit;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Asks the Commission, in view of the above, to present to Parliament the measures it envisages to facilitate, as soon as possible, the implementation of the Operational Programmes, especially in order to avoid decommitments of funds in 2017, together with the timeline it envisages, as well as to explain the impact of the delay in payments on the start of implementation of the new Operational Programmes, and to put forward solutions to limit the damage as far as possible; demands, furthermore, that the Commission, in the context of the report on the outcome of the negotiations provided for in Article 16(3) of the Common Provisions Regulation, analyses the possible impact of the belated start-up of the 2014-2020 cohesion policy on growth and jobs, and provides recommendations based on the lessons learnt;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the new European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) and its potential leverage effect; advises the parties concerned to build on the experiences gained from the implementation of the European Economic Recovery Plan in 2008, in particular regarding smart investments; calls for the coordination of all EU investment and development policies – in particular cohesion policy – to ensure complementarity and avoid overlaps; suggests that the implementation of this new EU investment plan build on the experiences of the three joint initiatives JEREMIE, JESSICA and JASMINE, which allowed an increase in the delivery of Structural Funds from EUR 1.2 billion in 2000-2006 to EUR 8.4 billion in 2007- 2012;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the closer alignment of cCohesion pPolicy with the overall economic strategy and the EU’'s Economic Governance Framework; oppose, thus creating a close link between financial and fiscal objectives and cCohesion pPolicy; calls on the Commission to ensure that the effectiveness of the ESIF is not compromised by macroeconomic policies; calls for the full and formal involvement of Parliamentpolitical interference into the EFSI's decision making process; calls for the establishment of an appropriate mechanism for democratic accountability in the future governance structure of the fund;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on Commission to encourage Member States to invest ESIF and national sources in strengthening institutional and administrative capacity, cutting red tapes and improving the quality of legislation thus improving good governance, creating stable business environment and fulfilling preconditions for smooth and proper implementation of ESIF; notes the importance of implementation of the reforms at the EU level and calls on Commission to continue straightening single market and decreasing fragmentation by continuous and harmonized work on development of capital market union, banking union, energy union and digital single market;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the importance of better inclusion of the social partners at regional, local level and of civil society organisationCalls on Member States to regularly conduct high level political debates, within National Parliaments, on the effectiveness, efficiency and timely implementation of ESIF and on the Cohesion Policy's contribution to the fulfilment of macroeconomic objectives.
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes the importance of a solid macroeconomic environment for cohesion investments and welcomes the link of the ESIF to the European Semester; especially having in mind correlation between good economic governance and absorption capacity. Calls on the Commission to encourage the use of ESIF by prolongation of the fiscal adjustment period, when they are used as a flanking measure for structural reforms and increase of investments.
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure coherence between National Reform Programmes and Operational Programmes with the aim to adequately address Country Specific Recommendations and to provide full alignment with the economic governance procedures, thus limiting the risk of early reprogramming;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Calls on the Member States to conduct regularly a high level political debate, within National Parliaments, on effectiveness, efficiency and timely implementation of ESIF and on cohesion policy's contribution to the fulfilment of macroeconomic objectives;