21 Amendments of Alfred SANT related to 2019/2211(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the European Union needs a more sustainable growth model in order to respond to environmental, social, digital and demographic challenges; welcomes the European Green Deal as the new green growth strategy for Europe with sustainability, citizen well-being and social fairness at its core;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the importance of the European Semester as an instrument to ensure policy coordination; welcomes the increased focus on environmental sustainability and on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in the Country Reports; insists that more needs to be done as regards the protection and upgrading of the European Social Model;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas inequality of income in the euro area has increased and poverty levels persist since the beginning of the financial crisis; whereas there are between 50 and 100 million people affected by energy poverty in Europe;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the most recent Eurostat figures from 2018 show that 21.7% of the EU population or some 109 million people was at risk of poverty or social exclusion;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that the Member States and regions have different starting points when it comes to the transition; considers that the Just Transition Mechanism should ensure an adequate, inclusive and fair transition for all including not least islands;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. having regard to the need for a European Climate Law with a legally binding goal of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 at the latest and an intermediate target of at least 65 % for 2030 and that climate targets need to be accompanied by a strong social strategy that takes into account the long- established EU priority of economic and social cohesion between its regions;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the role of the European Green Deal as the EU’s new strategy defining ecological issues and the wellbeing of citizens as principal goals for the Union; notes, with regard to the scope of the European Semester, the inclusion of the SDGs and of the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR), which will require the adjustment of existing indicators and the creation of new ones to monitor the implementation of EU economic, environmental and social policies, as well as coherence between policy goals and budgetary means; notes the need to implement long-term planning to tackle climate change while preventing the widening of current socioeconomic cleavages within Europe;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on European Institutions to assess whether EU methodologies for the evaluation of the economic and social performance of EU Member States as well as the targets applied under the Stability and Growth Pact are still up-to-date, given that the overall socioeconomic conditions both at national and European level have changed drastically since the time when they were first drafted;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Therefore reiterates its requests for a stronger EU policy aimed at creating a more concrete stimulus towards having the right conditions to acquire higher levels of public and private investment in the Union;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Endorses the conclusion of the European Fiscal Board (EFB) that the fiscal framework has not protected the quality of public expenditure, and welcomes the EFB’s proposal for a ‘golden rule’ to protect public investment; calls, therefore, for the reform of the Stability and Growth Pact and the introduction of a golden rule aimed at implementing sound fiscal policy on an equal footing with investment within the EU’s policy objectives; whereas this shit believes that this could cover the investment foreseen for the realisation of the Green Deal, the Digital Revolution, the SDGs and the EPSR Rights, including expenditure aimed at reducing poverty and inequality related to social protection, health services and long- term care, and education and training;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for a European Green Industrial Strategy that is sensitive to the social, economic and geographical characteristics of the different regions of the EU;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is concerned about the accelerating rise in house prices despite the persistent low levels of inflation in the euro area;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Therefore stresses the importance of wage increase at European level for reducing inequalities and supporting upward convergence of living standards; believes, therefore, that this wage increase should take the following format: an increase of 5 per cent in the minimum wage of all countries that have a minimum wage, while the minimum wage system, always adapted to national circumstances, is introduced in those countries that do not have it;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls the importance of thean efficient but tailor-made regulation of the banking and financial sectors in order to prevent a new crisis; believes that such regulation must integrate the ecological situation; emphasises the importance of completing the Banking Union and the need to reform the European Stability Mechanism; emphasizes that this cannot be carried out on a one-size-fits-all basis, and that the practices and banking models followed in the smaller economies have to be evaluated with full regard to their particularities and their performance record;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. CallNotes the calls from various political fronts for qualified majority voting in Council on tax matters;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the systematic inclusion of tax matters in the Country Specific Recommendations (CSRs), with the aim of ensuring economic coherence across EU Member States as well as the fairness of EU tax systems; believes that the CSRs could ensure a fair balance between sources of revenue and should also include innovative elements aiming at promoting the Green Deal; further believes that they should also support Member States in tackling tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Believes that the CSRs could aim at ensuring a fair balance between sources of revenue and should also include innovative elements aiming at promoting the Green Deal within the context of a stronger and a more cohesive European Union; further believes that they should also support Member States in their efforts towards tackling tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that the EU-28 employment rate currently stands at 73.1 % - the highest annual average ever recorded - while unemployment stands at 7.6 % in the euro area and 6.3 % in the EU as a whole; is concerned about the high level of unemployment rates in some of the euro area countries, whereby the highest level of unemployment is at 16.8%;
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Underlines that EU statistics show that 24% of children in the EU were at risk of poverty or social exclusion;
Amendment 377 #
22 b. Notes that 18.6% of our pensioners fall within risk of poverty or social exclusion; in this regard recommends that pension systems across the European Union are made inflation proof and that they ensure that pension payments really reflect the needs of elderly families;
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Highlights the time constraints on the current European semester process, which form an obstacle to full debate and the proper involvement in the process of civil society organisations, social partners, EU regions with the EU bodies representing them, and eventually national parliaments and the EP, and contribute significantly to the lack of a sense of ownership and implementation; calls for the extension of the semester cycle to a biannual or triannual period, with the possibility of revision in case of major economic shocks;