7 Amendments of Anneliese DODDS related to 2015/2210(INI)
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that economic recovery is slowly gaining ground, with GDP in the euro area expected to rise by 2.1% in 2016; notes with concern, however, that its foundations are fragile, mainly owing to the EU's underlying structural weaknesses and resulting low international competitiveness;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Deplores the persistently high unemployment rates across most Member States, in particular the youth and long- term unemployment rates; stresses the need tofor increased investment alongside reform to national labour markets in order to increase job creation rates;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that further fiscal consolidation is still needed in many Member States in order to comply with the conditions of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP); notwelcomes the Commission's interpretative communication on flexibility in the SGP, aimed at clarifying the scope of the investment clause and allowing for a certain degree of temporary flexibility in the preventive arm of the SGP;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the need to improve the EU's business environment as well as to raise productivity levels; stresses the importance of sound business regulation for the success of the EFSI; calls, therefore, for the removal of administrative barriers where doing so would not undermine vital protection for workers and consumers, cutting red tape and reform of Member States' tax systems;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for Member States to adapt their public finances by conducting a counter-cyclical policy when necessary and making full use of the existing flexibility clauses foreseen in the legislation; considers that Member States with high debt levels in particular must continue with growth-friendly fiscal consolidation and urgently implementto address those debt levels in a manner which does not undermine growth and the recommended structural reformsby make the situation worse, while those with more fiscal space should use it to accelerate investment;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the role of flexible labour markets in combatting unemployment, in particular the negative impact on job creation rates of rigid rules on dismissal, excessive minimum wage levels and lengthy labour disputesneed for labour markets to be reformed so as to support job creation, but without undermining the fundamental rights of workers to have secure, adequately-paid employment; calls for a shift away from labour taxes to other sources of taxation;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Underlines the destructivepotentially damaging impact of high debt levels on economic growth in the EU; calls on the Commission to explore innovative ways of speeding up and lessening the negative impact of deleveraging in the banking, private and public sector, but notes also that excessively strict attempts at fiscal consolidation can have a similarly damaging impact on growth and, by reducing tax revenues, ultimately prove counter-productive; calls on the Commission to explore innovative ways of ensuring higher levels of financing and investment in the banking, private and public sectors, without undermining the vital work done to ensure financial stability in the wake of the crisis;