43 Amendments of Marco ZANNI related to 2023/0138(COD)
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
Amendment 319 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘net expenditure’ means government expenditure net of interest expenditure, discretionary revenue measures and other budgetary variables outside the control of the government as set out in Annex II, point (a), expenditure on programmes of the Union fully matched by Union funds revenue, national expenditure on co- financing of programmes funded by the Union, cyclical elements of unemployment benefit expenditure, strategic investments in security and defence, and costs related to the borrowing of funds for the loans related to the national Recovery and Resilience Facility Plans;
Amendment 332 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
(2a) ‘decoupling investments’ means excluding, when calculating government expenditure, the cost of investments falling under the common priorities of the Union set out in Annex VI and any other priorities identified, on a proposal from the European Commission, by the Council and Parliament;
Amendment 421 #
Amendment 442 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the public debt ratio is put or remains on a plausibly downwardn economically and socially sustainable path, or stays at prudent levels;
Amendment 458 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the fiscal adjustment effort over the period of the national medium-term fiscal- structural plan is at least proportional to the total effort over the entire adjustment period, provided that the path is economically and socially sustainable;
Amendment 474 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the public debt ratio at the end of the planning horizon is below the public debt ratio in the year before the start of the technical trajectorystabilises over the adjustment period; and
Amendment 489 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 500 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) the measures contained in the national medium-term fiscal-structural plan are adequate to support strategic public investment in order to reduce the public debt ratio through growth;
Amendment 502 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) in the event that medium-term output growth stagnates or declines, the downward path for the public debt ratio is suspended and the fiscal adjustment effort over the period of the national medium- term fiscal-structural plan is revised accordingly;
Amendment 506 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
The technical trajectories shall be differentiated for each Member State. The criteria for setting the technical trajectoriesof the Member States shall be agre set out in Annex Ied with them.
Amendment 527 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 546 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. In the event of periods of severe economic crisis for the euro area or for the whole Union, or of exceptional events beyond the control of the Member State having a strong impact on its financial position, the Commission shall revise and, where necessary, promptly update, in consultation with the Member States, the technical trajectories and quantitative guidance of the medium-term fiscal- structural plans of the Member States concerned.
Amendment 549 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – title
Article 8 – title
Assessment of plausibility and economic and social sustainability
Amendment 562 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall also assess the economic and social sustainability of the public debt ratio trajectory according to the methodology set out in Annex Va. The Commission shall make public its analysis of the economic and social sustainability and the underlying data.
Amendment 565 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 b (new)
By … [12 months after the entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 33 to supplement this Regulation by defining the methodology, agreed with the Member States in the relevant working groups, for debt sustainability analysis and the methodology for the assessment of plausibility referred to in paragraph 1. For the purpose of the delegated act on debt sustainability analysis, the Commission shall take into account, in particular, the future evolution of sustainable growth; the public debt ratio; interest rates; the level of inflation; liquidity risks; the structure of the debt; contingent liabilities; the potential growth impact of the reforms and investments underpinning the implemented national medium-term fiscal-structural plans.
Amendment 591 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Without prejudice to the rules of the constitutional system of each Member State, prior to the submission of its plan, the Member State shall discuss the content of the medium-term fiscal- structural plan before the national parliament.
Amendment 597 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Prior to the submission of its national medium-term fiscal-structural plan, the Member State concerned shall hold with the Commission a technical dialogue, for the purpose of defining the technical trajectory in accordance with Article 5 and with the objective of ensuring that the national medium-term fiscal-structural plan complies with Articles 11, 12 and 14.
Amendment 603 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The national medium-term fiscal-structural plan shall provide the information listed in Annex II. In particular, it shall present a net expenditure trajectory covering a period of at least 46 years, as well as the underlying macroeconomic assumptions and the planned fiscal-structural measures in order to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of Article 12. The investments defined in Annex VI shall be excluded from the computation of net expenditure contained in the medium- term fiscal-structural plan.
Amendment 608 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 617 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Amendment 631 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ensure the fiscal adjustment necessary to put or keep public debt on a plausibly downward path by the end of the adjustment period at the latest, or remain at prudent levels, and to bring and maintain the government deficit below the 3% of GDP reference value over the medium terme and economically and socially sustainable path;
Amendment 646 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) explain how it will ensure the delivery of investment and reforms responding to the main challenges identified within the European Semester, in the country-specific recommendations, correct the identified macroeconomic imbalances under the Macroeconomic Imbalances Procedure if applicable, and address the common priorities of the Union referred to in Annex VI of this Regulation, including the European Green Deal, European Pillar of Social Rights and the Digital Decade while being consistent with the updated National Energy and Climate Plans and the National Digital Decade Roadmapsas strategic by the Member State;
Amendment 669 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) if applicable, explain how it will ensure the delivery of a relevant set of reforms and investments referred to in Article 13, underpinning an extension of the Member State’s adjustment period by 34 years at most;
Amendment 690 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Where a Member State commits to a relevant set of reforms and investments in accordance with the criteria set out in paragraph 2, the adjustment period may be extended by 34 years at most.
Amendment 694 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 721 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point iii
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point iii
(iii) address the common priorities of the Union referred to in Annex VI or other priorities identified as such by the Member State concerned;
Amendment 778 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. Prior to the submission of the revised national medium-term fiscal- structural plan, the Commission shall put forward, in a report to the Economic and Financial Committee, a new technical trajectoryMember State shall propose a new reference trajectory in accordance with Article 5.
Amendment 803 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) whether the national medium-term fiscal-structural plan ensures that public debt is put or kept on a plausibly downward path by the end of the adjustment period at the lateste and economically and socially sustainable path, or stays at prudent levels;
Amendment 830 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) whether the fiscal adjustment effort over the period of the national medium- term fiscal-structural plan is at least proportional to the total effort over the entire adjustment period, provided that the path is economically and socially sustainable;
Amendment 832 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point e
Amendment 850 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) whether the public debt ratio at the end of the planning horizon is below the public debt ratio in the year before the start of the technical trajectoryhas stabilised over the adjustment period.
Amendment 898 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Council shall, on a recommendation from the Commission, recommend to the Member State concerned that the technical trajectory issued by the Commissionpursuant to Article 5 be the net expenditure path of the Member State where:
Amendment 900 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the Member State concerned fails to submit a revised national medium-term fiscal-structural plan within onthree months of the recommendation by the Council;
Amendment 939 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
The Commission shall set up a control account, functioning in accordance with Annex IV, and shall keep track of cumulative upward (debit) and downward (credit) deviations of actual net expenditures from the net expenditure path. In the control account, upward deviations shall also take into account the ratio of private debt to GDP .
Amendment 1039 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1043 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
Article 33
Amendment 1054 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35
Article 35
Amendment 1074 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I
Amendment 1166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V a (new)
Annex V a (new)
Annex Va Methodology used by the Commission to assess economic and social sustainability The methodology for the assessment of sustainability pursuant to Article 8 is based on the following conditions: the roadmap used to reduce the public debt ratio should be based on GDP growth and take into account the specific situation of each country; the roadmap used to reduce the public debt ratio should in no way jeopardise the public investments necessary for attaining the objectives of the European Pillar of Social Rights, including its targets for employment, skills and poverty reduction, by 2030.
Amendment 1170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – paragraph 1 – point c
Annex VI – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) Tinvestment in security and defence in implementing the Strategic Compass for Security and Defence - 'For a European Union that protects its citizens, values and interests and contributes to international peace and security' as well as the Digital Decade Policy Programme 203037, and reflected at national level through the National Digital Decade Strategic Roadmaps; _________________ 37 Decision (EU) 2022/2481 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 establishing the Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030, (OJ L 323, 19.12.2022, p. 4)–26.
Amendment 1173 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Annex VI – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) promoting the EU's development by means of the economic, social and territorial cohesion instruments;
Amendment 1174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Annex VI – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) where applicable, essential investments made up to 2026, to achieve the targets and reforms set out in the national recovery and resilience plans, as well as the cost of borrowing, including principal and interest, up to the year of full repayment.