Activities of Barbara KAPPEL related to 2015/2285(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2016 (A8-0030/2016 - Maria João Rodrigues) DE
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2016 PDF (395 KB) DOC (172 KB)
Amendments (20)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas economic recovery in the European Union is under way but remains uneven between and within Member States and is partly driven by temporary factors;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the euro area’s current account surplus in some members of the euro area continues to rise, while Europe still faces an important investment gap, and structural reforms in certain euro area members are being introduced only haltingly;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that increasing Europe’s global competitiveness remains an important objective, whileand that the worsening global outlook calls for further strengthening domestic sources of growth;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for further efforts to support recovery, foster convergence and correct macroeconomic imbalances, including by channelling excess savings towards the domestic economy and boosting investment;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is encouraged byn the light of mild improvements in labour market indicators, calls for further efforts and reforms in order to fight unemployment; calls for more effort to reduce poverty, social exclusion and growing inequalities;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges that further steps be taken towards resilient labour markets with reduced segmentation and sustainable welfare systems with increased focus on social investment;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises the need for improved tax collection in some Member States, fighting tax evasion and avoidance and improved tax policy coordinatcoordination of aggressive tax planning, tax avoidance and evasion;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area as a way to deepen policy coordination in the follow-up to the Five Presidents’ Report;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Emphasises that, given its high level of interdependence and the singleness of its monetary policy, the euro area needs to be viewed as one big macroeconomic entity where convergence must be promoted; calls therefore for an in-depth aggregate assessment of macroeconomic imbalances; in the euro area to complement the assessment of country-specific vulnerabilisists on introducing incentives; insists on full coherence between the euro area recom for the implemendtation andof country-specific recommendations for the Member States;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Supports the recommendation to differentiate fiscal effort by individual Member States taking into account their respective positions vis-à-vis Stability and Growth Pact requirements and stabilisation needs, as well as spillover effects; notes that high-surplus countries have significant fiscal space which they could use to the benefit of their populations and the monetary union as a whole;
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Agrees that while the euro area’s high current account surplus of some of the members of the euro area is a welcome sign of the euro area’s external competitiveness, it also implies a lack of internal investment and a risk of euro appreciation when monetary policy starts to become less accommodative, with adverse effects on growth and employment;
Amendment 405 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Emphasises the need to foster real economic and social convergence driven by improvements in productivity and non- cost factors; underlines the importance of; underlines that all Member States havingshould have sufficient investment capacity, enabling balanced and sustainable growth;
Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 421 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls for measures preventing aAcknowledges that there is no race to the bottom in terms of taxation and social standards, building on better use of social indicators in macroeconomic surveillance;
Amendment 466 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Highlights the importance of national parliaments debating country reports and country-specific recommendations and voting on national reform programmes; in addition, calls in this context for stronger cooperation on the part of national parliaments with the European Parliament;