8 Amendments of Alfred SANT related to 2014/2059(INI)
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses, therefore, the importance of continuing the process of deep and sustainable structural reforms to deliver on growth and jobs; reiterates, in this connection, the fact that the EU cannot compete on costs alone, but needs to invest more in research and development, industrial renewal, education and skills, and resource efficiency, both at national and European level;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls, in this connection, on the future Commission to put forward a proposal on the single external representation of the euro area based on Article 138 TFEUfive year forecast of how the growing economic divergences within different countries and territories of the euro area can be expected to shape up under prevailing policies, analysing the emerging trends and the reasons for their establishment;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the European Semester process by, inter alia, makingwhile taking care not to carry forward one-size fits all approaches that quickly become economically and socially counter-productive, make sure that sufficient time and resources are allocated to the design and follow-up to the recommendations, thereby making the recommendations as relevant as possible for EU- and national-level economic policy-making;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Encourages Member States to overcome domestic political oppositionpromote and launch full and democratic debate regarding the need to modernise their economies, social security systems and health care, with a view to achieving national consensus on the way forward, in order to avoid placing an excessive burden on future generations;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Points out that the absence of a well functioning internal labour market that maintains the integrity of the European social model and of a positive approach to immigration hampers growth in the EU; calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish a common labour market which preserves and enhances the institutions and practices of social solidarity and a modern immigration policy;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Reiterates the fact that structural reforms must be complemented by longer- term investment in education, research, innovation and sustainable energy; stresses, however, the fact that private investment is more conducive to growth than public investmentnotes that desirable rates of growth can best be achieved by ensuring that greater levels of investment are promoted at both public and private levels on a complementary basis;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Points out that government-induced growth risks being unsustainable over the medium term in the absence of a complementary surge in private investment; stresses the fact that the already high levels of public debt do not allow for a significant increase in spending, if the reform and consolidation efforts are not to be in vain;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Stresses the importance of the expedition and completion of the banking union; believes that completion of the banking union must be achieved by means of an insurance and markets union that does not lead to an increase in operating costs within the national economies, not least with regard to the operating costs of SMEs and traditional industries; ;