Activities of Steeve BRIOIS related to 2015/2233(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) (A8-0009/2016 - Viviane Reding) FR
Amendments (7)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to fully respect and pursue the objectives of economic, social and territorial cohesion as set out in Article 174 of the TFEU in the context of the ongoing negotiations on the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), together with the economic interests of sovereign Member States;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to investigate and analyse the impact of TiSA on cohesionthe economic and lsocial and regional governance in the EUcohesion of Member States; urges the Commission to collect and make available comprehensive and comparable data and to include territorial impact assessments;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In the absence of any territorial impact investigations and democratic debate, calls for the ongoing negotiations on the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) to be immediately suspended;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the EU’s cohesion policy is its mainonly one of the investment tool not only for achievis, among othe objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy, but alsors, used by Member States for addressing urgent socio-economic needs; is of the strong opinion that its underlyingthe principles and standards established by Member States must not be weakened in the context of future trade agreements negotiated by the EU;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned that the competences of Member States and of local and regional authorities (LRAs), which are responsible for a large share of public investment under the EU’s cohesion policy and are also actively involved in the delivery of key public services across the territory, will be limited by TiSA, thus reducing their ability to foster local and regional development and to protect the general interest of their citizensthreatened by TiSA;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Opposes any encroachment on the discretionary power of LRAs with regard to services, as laid down in Article 14 of the TFEU and Protocol N°26 of the TFEU, especially through provisions on domestic regulation, standstill and ratchet clauses, as well as provisions on public procurement; calls, therefore, on the Commission to fully exclude public services, both publicly and privately funded, from the TiSA negotiations and to further strengthen flexibilities on the enforcement of commitments at local level, as laid down in GATS Article 1.3Calls on the Commission to fully exclude public services, both publicly and privately funded, from the TiSA negotiations;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. UrgesCalls on the Commission to involve and consult LRAs – alongside economic and social partners and civil society organisations –send all the necessary information to the national authorities of each Member State, in the context of the TiSA negotiations as they will be the ones most affected.