9 Amendments of Costas MAVRIDES related to 2014/2245(INI)
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the reform of cohesion policy has focused on delivering an investment policy; welcomes the Commission’s Investment Plan, and endorses its proposal to finance the new European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) by making national contributions to the fund fiscally neutral as regards the SGPtability and Growth Pact (SGP); stresses that the investment plan should aim at labour intensive projects, which seek to create quality employment in the EU, notably by taking proper account of the financing needs in those countries most affected by the crisis through an appropriate use of available financial instruments; stresses the interdependence of cohesion policy with the EU’s other investment initiatives; calls on the Commission to create a coherent and effective investment framework;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the ‘investment clause’ outlined in the Commission communication on flexibility within the SGP; strongly believes that the investment clause should be symmetrically extended to the corrective arm; insists in this respect on the establishment of a favourable climate for the development of public- sector investment; wishes that the flexibility principle keep in mind the impact of the new accounting standards ESA2010 on the investment capacity of some public authorities;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the possibility of exempting the national cofinancing of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) from SGP deficit calculations should be examined;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes a more performance- oriented Cohesion Policy based on quantitative and qualitative indicators;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls to set up productive investments that have a significant impact on real economy and employment rate
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls for a direct support to promote solid growth and sustainable development of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, especially in Member States where the crisis has had a greater impact in terms of their closures;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the closer alignment of cohesion policy with the overall economic strategy and the EU’s Economic Governance Framework; opposes creating a close link between financial and fiscal objectives and cohesion policy; expresses its great concerns about the macroeconomic conditionality introduced in the new Structural Fund Regulation (article 21); 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 Parliament in the future governance structure of the fund;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls to continue to invest in Structural Funds across all regions including transition areas in order to not interrupt the effects of means and efforts already implemented;
Amendment 80 #
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 organisations; stresses the importance of the effective implementation of the European code of conduct on Partnership.