15 Amendments of Luděk NIEDERMAYER related to 2017/2226(INI)
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights, however, the persistent structural problem of that the insufficient growth of potential output and of productivity, flanked by too is associated mostly with low a level of investments and wages; notes that lack of structural reforms and low wage growth, especially in some areas of the economy, leading to persistentincrease in social inequalities;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of a wage increase at European level in order to boost private consumption as the main support for growth; points out the need to focus on the interaction between monetary, fiscal and incomes (including wage and profit development) policies rather than only fiscal issueat sustainable wage growth must go hand in hand with productivity increase; points out that such goal cannot be achieved solely by fiscal or monetary policy and needs to be approached via structural policies and reforms;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the improvements in public finances, in particular the gradually declining debt/GDP ratios for the EU and euro area and falling headline budget deficits in many countries; recalls that, while many Member States have limited fiscal leeway forneed to continue implementing sustainable, growth-friendly structural reforms, some Member States still have large surpluses which should be used to sustain investments and growth across the EU to extend benefits of this improvement in future;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the importance of public investment for boosting and leveraging investment in the EU; considers that the policy mix proposed in the AGS 2018 should be further developed to remedy the current decrease in public investment in the EU; highlights that this decrease also affects local and regional authorities, threatening their ability to deliver quality public services, in the situation of improved growth of the EU economy, gives Members States possibility to promote certain public investment in the EU;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that the European Semester and theMember States should ensure greater ownership of the European Semester, particularly implementation of its Country-Specific Recommendations, and should achieve the objectives set outtake into the account priorities set out within EU policies, including in the Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the fact that the AGS 2018 acknowledges the need for efficient and fair tax systems to ensure sustainable finance and reverse the current fall in capital income taxation;; supports the Commission’s initiatives to achieve greater fairness and transparency of tax systems within the EU and globally; particularly supports the Commission’s initiatives to achieve increased transparency, ain the area of reformed of VAT system and a common consolidated corporate tax base;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets thatWelcomes the overall neutral fiscal stance proposed in the recommendations for the euro area, ; believens though the fiscal stance is expected to be slightly expansionary in a number of Member States in 2018, does not appear to fully support the strengthening of economic growth and job creationat growth of the EU economies going hand in hand with structural and fiscal reforms provide in such a policy stance space for forward looking fiscal policy including the possibility to increase certain public investments;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Insists on a common effort to bring euro area expenditure on R&D closer to the EU2020 targets; calls for properstresses the need to invest public funds especially into R&D projects that will improve competitiveness of the EU economy on global scale; calls for adequate policies and investment to ensure equal access to higherlifelong education and training;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that the role of the Member States is to guarantee access to quality education and training; acknowledges the shortage of labour force, that is gradually emerging in some Member States; recalls that in some instances, correction of over- employment in certain parts of public sector may provide for a good policy response;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that the tools available for EU economic policy are not yet equal to the task of fully addressing the EU’s cyclical and structural problems, in particular the need to strengthen inclusive growth and productivity, to boost job creation, promote convergence, support sustainable investments and enhance resilience to shocks;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that a fiscal capacity – on top of existing capacities, and not through redeployments that would undermine the vital role currently played by structural funds and cohesion policy – represents a necessary tool for increasing incentives for convergence andability of the EU to counter asymmetric or symmetric economic shocks;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Is concerned that gaps and discrimination on the labour market remain high throughout the European Union, contributing to differences in remuneration, retirement, participation in decision- making and wealth between men and women; stresses the importance of preserving high standards in relation to the quality of the proposed employmentUnderlines that digitalisation is substantially transforming labour markets; stresses the importance of dynamic and flexible labour markets responding to the needs of modern economy ;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Highlights the importance of an improved European Semester process, including the formalisation of the euro area aggregate fiscal stance as a keyn important tool for policy formulation and implementation across the members of EMU; calls for a broader reform of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) in order to improve its flexibility, to incorporate the differentiated treatment of investments and to introduce the concept of aggregtransparency and clarity, without weakening the current substance, that contributed to gradual and sustainable recovery of EU and its members states fiscal stancerom crises;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines that any further step towards a deepening of the EMU must go hand in hand with stronger democratic controls; insists that, to this end, the role of the European Parliament and national parliaments must be strengthened; asks to include trade unions in the negotiation process at both national and European level; urges the launch of the long- awaited negotiation of an interinstitutional agreement (IIA) on the Semester;