Activities of Bernard MONOT related to 2015/2210(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2015 priorities - Steps towards completing the Economic and Monetary Union (debate) FR
Amendments (13)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Commission’s spring 2015 economic forecast indicates growth rates of 2.1 % in the EU and of 1.9 % in the euro area for 2016, which figures result from a new method of GDP calculation imposed on European countries last year and that includes the underground and criminal economy, the effect of which is to artificially increase the wealth created, without an improvement in the economic situation;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Commission’s spring 2015 economic forecast indicates growth rates of 2.1 % in the EU and of 1.9 % in the euro area for 2016, which already seems overly optimistic;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, according to the Commission, annual inflation in both the EU and the euro area is expected to rise from 0.1 % in 2015 to 1.5 % in 2016, while the fall in energy prices and the effects of the global growth slowdown on demand advocate a much more limited rise;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas annual consumer price inflation in both the EU and the euro area is expected to rise from 0.1 % in 2015 to 1.5 % in 2016, which does not reflect the risk of deflation anticipated by the European Central Bank;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas unemployment in the EU remains at unacceptably high levels, but is on a declining path set to fall to 9.2 % in the EU and 10.5 % in the euro area in 2016;particularly reaching unacceptable levels in Greece and Spain, and increasing over the past year in France, Austria and Finland,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the fiscal outlook in the EU and the euro area continues to improve wiremains bleak, given the a broadly neutral fiscal stance on aggregateccumulation of government deficits, stagnant growth and the risk of rates rising in the medium to long term;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that economic recovery is slowly gaining ground, with GDP in the euro area expected to rise by 2.1 % in 2016; notes with concern, however, that its foundations are fragile, mainly owing to the EU’s underlying structural weaknesses Notes that some optimistic forecasts anticipate a clear economic recovery in 2016, while the global macroeconomic conditions, in particular the slowdown in growth in China, the recession hitting some emerging countries, and geopolitical uncertainties in the Middle East represent significandt resulting low international competitivenessisks to the European economy;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomesRemains indifferent to the Commission’s new approach to streamlining the European Semester process, i.e. through placing a stronger focus on a limited number of most important priorities and challenges and publishing its country-specific and euro area analysis three months earlier than in previous years;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with concern the varying degrees of commitment demonstrated by Member States to implementing last year’s CSRs; stresses the importance ofat the implementation of the CSRs is desired by the Commission in order to ensure consistent and fair implementation of the economic governance framework across Member States; deplores in this context the non-binding nature of the recommendation, but that it undermines the freedom of elected governments to pursue national policies;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is concerned at the persisting macroeconomic imbalances in some Member States, in particular the high public debt levels and large current account gaps, as well as the excessive risks in the banking systems, which are moreover already widely insolvent;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the role of flexible labour markets in combatting unemployment, in particular the negative impact on job creation rates of rigid rules on dismissal, excessive minimum wage levels and lengthy labour disputes; calls for a shift away from labour taxes to other sources of taxation;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reiterates its call for the strengthening of the positionIs concerned at the powers conferred ofn the Commission’s Chief Economic Analyst (CEA), whose mandate is to verify independently the implementation of the EU governance rules within the European Semester; calls, in particular, for the CEA’sir analysis to be made public and for the establishment of a regular dialogue betweenwith the competent committee of Parliament and the CEA; notes also in this context; considers it regrettable, in addition, that the Five Presidents’ Report on completing EMU proposes the setting-up of a European Fiscal Board (EFB)may pave the way for increased budgetary control by the European authorities over national budgets;