Activities of Antanas GUOGA related to 2015/2210(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2015 priorities - Steps towards completing the Economic and Monetary Union (debate)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2015 priorities - Steps towards completing the Economic and Monetary Union (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2015 priorities
Amendments (7)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the single market remains fragmented and insufficiently implemented and the great potential for growth, innovation and jobs largely untapped; calls on the Commission and the Member States to honour their commitments and to safeguard the revival of the single market as one of the Union’s main priorities;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its call on the Commission to put forward proposals for classifying the single market as a specific pillar of the European Semester, including dedicated guidelines; calls on the Commission to integrate the completion of all dimensions of the single market - on goods, services, capital, labour, energy, transport, and in the digital sector - as part of the European Semester and country- specific recommendations (CSRs) thereon; , even when they might be also covered by other policy processes;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls the Commission's promise to - if necessary - use infringement procedures to ensure full implementation of legislation on the single market of goods, services and in the digital sphere and to ensure structural reforms in product, services and labour markets in Member States;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to take additional measures to improve access to finance for SMEs and to ensure an improved business environment, simplify procedures and reduce administrative burdens in the single market; stresses the importance of competitive and highly integrated markets with sound business regulation for the success of the European Fund for Strategic Investments;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that the European Semester is a grean evident opportunity to urge Member States to step uppush for more progress in their efforts towards the digital single market (DSM); welcomes, in this context, the Commission’s communication on the roadmap for completing the DSM; considers it essential to remedy the current fragmentation of national rules on digital services and to build a more innovative and transparent DSM based on sound competition and providing a high level of accessibility and consumer protection;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that the Member States have to step up their efforts to modernise their public administrations by providing more, and better accessible, digital services for citizens and businesses, and to facilitate cross border cooperation and interoperability of public administrations;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes that the ownership of the CSR by national parliaments needs to be strengthened; encourages the Member States to provide the possibility for the Commission to present the CSRs in the national parliaments; calls, furthermore, on the Member States to implement the CSRs and to rigorously transpose the EU targets into national targets; reiterates, furthermore, its request that the Commission report to the competent committee of Parliament on the measures taken to ensure progress in the implementation of the CSRs and the progress achieved thus far.