7 Amendments of Fernando RUAS related to 2017/2226(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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1. Acknowledges that Europe’s economy is showing encouraging signs of recovery, with Member States displaying positive growth and unemployment reaching its lowest level since the crisis; highlights, nonetheless, that not all Member States are experiencing the same degree of recovery and that unemployment rates are still too high in many regions of Europe, particularly among young people; underlines in this context the importance of the extension of the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) for the 2017-2020 period and the increase of 1,2 billion Euros for its budget.
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
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2. Stresses, therefore, the need to foster greater convergence and inclusion; welcomes the fact that the Commission recognises there is a momentum to support the continuation of the recovery through both economic growth and social convergence, social convergence and territorial cohesion; underlines that the European Union as a whole, in order to promote its overall harmonious development, shall develop and pursue actions leading to the strengthening of its economic, social and territorial cohesion and aiming at reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the backwardness of the least favoured, particularly in the low- income and low-growth regions of the EU (the lagging regions);
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
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3. Welcomes the streamlining and focus of the Country Specific Recommendations (CSRs); expresses its concern, however, regarding the uneven degree of implementation of the CSRs; reminds the importance of a synergetic approach to the use of all EU available Funds and calls on the Commission and Member States to closely collaborate and coordinate the process in order to support structural reforms and boost investment;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
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4. Emphasises the important role in the recovery process of cohesion policy as the main investment policy in Europe, growth and development policy aligned with the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; reminds that, between 2015 and 2017, Cohesion Policy provided funding equivalent to 8,5% of government capital investment in the European Union (EU)- a figure that rises to 41% considering the last 13 Member States that joined the EU after 2004 and to over 50% in 7 Member States; considers, however, that its interaction with the European Semester should be improved to further increase the multiplier effect of cohesion spending and its contribution to sustainable and inclusive growth;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
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5. Reiterates the need to speed up the implementation of the ESI funds as they provideare an extremely relevant tool for economic growth, sustainable development and job creation, thus providing an important support to structural reforms and national investment policies; calls on the Member States to develop stronger coordination structures and governance frameworks and also more efficient public administrations to make their use more effective;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
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6. Welcomes the extension of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) until 2020 to help boost investment; underlines the need for complementarities and synergies between those tools and also for a geographically balanced approach to EFSI;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
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7. Underlines the role of the Structural Reform Support Programme in supporting tailor-made assistance in order to help Member States carry out their reforms, applying EU law in a timely manner and using EU funds more efficiently and effectively; stresses, in this respect, the importance of continued structural reforms at all levels of government and the removal of red tape surrounding ongoing investments so as to help improve the business and investment environments.