Activities of Andrew LEWER related to 2015/2210(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2015 priorities
Amendments (6)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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1. Acknowledges the new approach for a more streamlined European Semester 2015 to focus on the four key priorities for economic growth: boosting investment, implementation of structural reforms, fiscal responsibility and improving employment policy; welcom, notes the country-specific recommendations (CSRs) 2015, which address the growth drivers that can allow sustainable recovery and through which progress can be achieved within a shorter timeframe (12- - 18 months);
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
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3. WelcomNotes the closer links between the objectives of the European Semester process and the programming of the ESI Funds 2014-2020, and especially the systematic references to CSRs and NRPs (National Reform Programmes) in the programming exercise; considers that cohesion policy investments could play a very important role in supporting structural reforms by following up the relevant CSRs; calls for steps to be taken to ensure compleimentarity and synergies between the ESI Funds, the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) and the other EU-subsidised programmes and initiatives, as well as national public investments and private financial instruments, in order to obtain maximum added value from the investments effected;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
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5. Notes with great concern the persistently high unemployment rates across mostin some Member States, especially as regards youth and long-term unemployment; stresses the need forto implement structural reforms to be implemented at regional, national and EU level in order to create employment opportunities and boost job creation;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
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6. Urges the Member States to ensure swift and effective implementation of the respective CSRs for 2015 and those outstanding from previous years in order to achieve sustainable growth and jobs; deplores, in this connection, the non- binding natures of the recommendations; recalls that the quality of ESI Funds intervention as as policy responses to the challenges identified in the CSRs will depend on how Member States connect their structural reforms, better spending and the use of ESI funds through the National Reform Programmes and the ensuing programme implementation;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
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7. WelcomAcknowledges the entry into force of the regulation on the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI);, underlines the Commission's opinion that there is strong combined potential of the Investment Plan for Europe and the ESI Funds in terms of boosting competitiveness, sustainable economic growth and job creation; urges the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to step up the structural reforms and to improve the regulatory and administrative environment in order to substantially improve the business and investment climate and reap the full benefits of scarceachieve maximum output/leverage from limited public finances;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
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8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider innovative ways to encourage investment in the EU and highlights the fact that the increased use of financial instruments within the 2014-2020 cohesion policy canould help to produce a multiplier effect with the EU budget and also to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of ESI Funds investment.