Activities of Alfred SANT related to 2019/2129(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Central Bank - annual report 2018 (debate)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the negative effects on banks’ net interest income have been partly counterbalanced so far by the benefits from more bank lending and lower costs for provisions and losses;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines that very low or negative interest rates offer opportunities to consumers, workers and borrowers, who can benefit from stronger economic momentum, lower unemployment and lower borrowing costs but is aware that savers, especially pensioners depending on their savings to supplement their pension income, have been negatively affected;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is extremely worried about the risks due to the delay in setting up the banking union, and calls for the swift completion of the banking union with a fully mutualised European deposit guarantee scheme; is further worried about the situation of small and medium banks, which face increased operating costs due to the introduction of new and necessary regulatory measures, leading them to impose further restrictions and financial burdens on SMEs and start-ups; asks the Board of the ECB to take into account this increasingly salient problem, especially in small EU Member States, where such banks are occupying key business niches, neglected by big banks;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the capital markets union (CMU) project to be accelerated in order to deepen financial integration, with a view to improving resilience to shocks and making the transmission of monetary policy across the monetary union more effective; is concerned that whereas the CMU project was designed to make European private investment more reliant on capital markets and less on bank lending, the exact opposite has been achieved as of now;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls that the nominations of Executive Board members should be prepared carefully, with full transparency and together with Parliament in line with the Treaties; calls on the Council to draw up both a geographical and a gender- balanced shortlist for all current and upcoming vacancies and to share it with Parliament, thus allowing it to play a more meaningful advisory role in the appointment process; regrets that to date no satisfactory progress has been made;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. While acknowledging that the bank has been over the last decade experiencing a widening of its functions and the need for more personnel employed under different conditions, to carry out the tasks set for it, requests that the human resource problems that have arisen will be solved fairly, transparently and with speed for all members of staff;