Activities of Nicola CAPUTO related to 2014/2059(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2014 priorities (A8-0019/2014 - Philippe De Backer) IT
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2014 priorities
Amendments (4)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to fully respect the national energy efficiency targets as part of the National Reform Programmes, in the light of the headline targets under the Europe 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Deplores that recent Commission estimates suggest that the EU is on course to achieve only half of the 20 % objective and that current plans by Member States risk falling far short of the overall 20 % energy efficiency target set in the Europe 2020 strategy, which would lead to lost opportunities for growth across many sectors and regions and loss of employment-creation possibilities and hence negatively impact productivity, competitiveness and social cohesion of the EU;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6 e. Notes that the EU still generates about five tonnes of waste per person per year on average, and little more than a third of that is effectively recycled; Stresses that Europe should make more progress in turning waste into a resource and promoting sustainable ways of waste management such as recycling; Calls on the Member States to fully implement the European waste legislation at national level in order to reduce the current disparities and move towards a more circular economy;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6 h. Calls on the European Commission to place greater emphasis in its package of country-specific recommendations to reforms needed to support the sustainability, efficiency and quality of the national healthcare systems; stresses the fact that reforms of healthcare systems should be undertaken not only to ensure its cost-effectiveness and more efficient use of public resources, but also to improve access and availability of high quality healthcare to general public across Europe in order to improve the overall health status of the population; calls also on the European Commission to develop more reliable methods of measuring equitable access to quality healthcare;