14 Amendments of Jonás FERNÁNDEZ related to 2017/2226(INI)
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the European Investment Bank and the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) has provided important support for investment in the EU, in addition to the European Structural and Investment Funds, while at the same time the orientation of savings towards equity has decreased returns and provided fewer incentives for investment;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the Commission publication ofn the 2018 Annual Growth Survey (AGS) package and the proposed2018; considers it necessary to introduce a policy mix of investment, socially balanced structural reform and fiscal consolidation, presented as a way tostability, thereby further promoteing higher growth levels and to strengthening European recovery and upward convergence, with the inclusion of quality job creation;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the chief objective of growth is achievement of full employment, creating quality jobs and generating sufficient tax revenue to finance an adequate social protection floor;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that productivity and growth are enhanced by the deepening of the internal market and measures to boost international trade;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of a wage increase at European level in order to boost private consumption as the main support for growth; points out the need to focus on the interaction between monetary, fiscal and incomes (including wage and profit development) policies rather than only fiscal issues; considers that pay should be pegged to macroeconomic demand stimulation requirements, the cost of living, and social justice;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the improvements in public finances, in particular the gradually declining debt/GDP ratios for the EU and euro area and falling headline budget deficits; recalls that, while many Member States have limited fiscal leeway for implementing socially and environmentally sustainable, growth- friendly structural reforms, some Member States still have large surpluses which should be used to sustain investments and growth across the EU;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers it a matter of urgency to correct both deficit and surplus current account imbalances;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the importance of public investment for boosting and leveraging investmentgrowth in the EU; considers that the policy mix proposed in the AGS 2018 should be further developed to remedy the current decrease in public investment in the EU; highlights that this decrease also affects local and regional authorities, threatening their ability to deliver quality public services;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that the European Semester and the Country-Specific Recommendations should achieve the objectives set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights; takes the view that more attention should be paid to social indicators and well-being objectives in the context of the European Semester and the Annual Growth Survey;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Insists on the need to develop within the European semester a comprehensive strategy to support investment that enhances environmental sustainability and progress in the bioindustrial sector; calls on the Commission, in this respect, to demonstrate how its statement that ‘the SDGs are now fully integrated in the Semester’ (Commission communication of 22 May 2017, COM(2017)0500) is reflected in Annual Growth Survey 2018 and will be reflected in the subsequent Semester process;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Considers immigration to be a positive factor for sustaining pension systems in the long term;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that a fiscal capacity – on top of existing capacities, and not withrough redeployments that would underminet prejudice to the vital role currently played by structural funds and cohesion policy – represents a necessary tool for increasing incentives for convergence and to counter asymmetric or symmetric economic shocks;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the completion of the Banking Union, including a credible European deposit-insurance scheme and a common fiscal backstop, making it possible to ensure financial stability as a common good;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines that any further step towards a deepening of the EMU must go hand in hand with stronger democratic controls; insists that, to this end, the role of the European Parliament and national parliaments must be strengthened; asks to include trade unions in the negotiation process at both national and European level; urges the launch of the long-awaited negotiation of an interinstitutional agreement (IIA) on the Semester;