Activities of Matthijs van MILTENBURG related to 2016/2306(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2017
Amendments (5)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s Annual Growth Survey 2017 as an important part of the European investmentrecovery process based on a strategy of investment, structural reforms and responsible public finances;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned about patchy implementation of country-specific recommendations (CSRs) in the European economic recovery; calls therefore on euro-area members for strong individual commitments to implement structural reforms and to reduce their debt-to-GDP ratio and their budget deficit to foster growth and create jobs; highlights the role of local and regional authorities and other relevant stakeholders, as well as European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds) themselves, in supporting these structural reforms and investments;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises the potential of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), which is designed to support high- risk investment projects, in boosting growth and employment; is concerned, however, about the enormous imbalance in use of the Fund between the EU15 (91% of funding) and the EU13 (9% of funding); welcomes the Commission’s proposal to strengthen synergies between the EFSI and the ESI Funds; emphasises, however, that there is a lack of evidence about the impact of EFSI which creates the potential for exaggeration its contribution to growth and jobs; from this perspective, underlines that this should by no means undermine the role of Cohesion Policy as the main investment policy of the European Union;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Shares the view of the Commission that, in the context of the European Semester and efforts to simplify the Cohesion Policy, Member States need to step up their efforts to implement the necessary structural reforms aimed at boosting growth and jobs by removing obstacles encountered by beneficiaries of the Cohesion Policy;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomesTakes note of the fact that the Commission’s proposal to suspend parts of the ESI Funds for Spain and Portugal has been abandoned in the face of constructive criticism from Parliament which has shown conclusively that this proposal is superfluouheld in abeyance; is of the opinion that euro-area members should comply with the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact and that an infringement of the SGP should have political or legal consequences; recalls in this respect the role of the Commission as guardian of the treaties.