14 Amendments of Jonás FERNÁNDEZ related to 2019/2211(INI)
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas Europe still faces an investment gap, despite benefitting from low interest rates and favourable financing conditions;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the Banking Union remains incomplete without a deposit insurance scheme to safeguard tax payers and depositors and the backstop for the SRB;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas the completion of the EMU must be seen as a decisive step towards the stabilization of the Euro Area and promotion of upward socioeconomic convergence and cohesion among Member States;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
C c. whereas the European Semester should contribute to drive the EU and its Member States towards the UN SDGs for 2030 and the compliance with the European Pillar of Social Rights and the Paris Agreement goals;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that, in view of the climate change emergency, the EU’s Annual Growth Survey (AGS) has now been renamed the Annual Sustainable Growth Survey (ASGS), and considers that this implies a change in the positioning of the report and the implementation of ecologicsocial and environmental indicators;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls for the transformative agenda of the European Green Deal to be reflected in a greener European Semester; believes that the UN Sustainable Development Goals should be integrated in the EU Semester, in order to make the process also a driver of change towards sustainable wellbeing for all in Europe; therefore calls for the further integration of social and environmental indicators and targets into the semester;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Welcomes the recent proposal by the Commission on a Just Transition Mechanism and the Commission’s commitment of leaving no one behind on the fight on climate change;
Amendment 169 #
6. Endorses the conclusion of the European Fiscal Board (EFB) that the fiscal framework has not protected the quality of public expenditure, and welcomes the EFB’s proposal for a ‘golden rule’ to protect public investment; calls, therefore, for the reform of the Stability and Growth Pact and the introduction of a golden rulen enabling framework for public sustainable investment aimed at implementing sound fiscal policy on an equal footing with investment withpromoting the EU’s policy objectives; whereas this should cover the investment foreseen for the realisation of the Green Deal, the Digital Revolution, the SDGs and the EPSR Rights, including expenditure aimed at reducing poverty and inequality related to social protection, health services and long- term care, and education and training;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Recalls that the Commission is legally required to report on the application of the 6-pack and 2-pack legislation; stresses on this regard that such report is overdue and calls on the Commission to finish this review without delay and to present its findings concerning the strengths and areas of improvement of these legislations; calls on the Commission to propose a revision of the 6-pack and 2-pack legislation as appropriate;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Notes that the financial system and its institutions are crucial for investment and growth and thus the financing of the European economy; calls for the swift completion of the Banking Union, including a credible European deposit insurance scheme and a common fiscal backstop, as a crucial step to increase resilience in the banking sector and to contribute to financial stability;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Recalls the European Parliament’s request to fully integrate the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) into the community framework and make it formally accountable to the Parliament;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15 c. Recalls that an Economic and Monetary Union that works for people requires an increased euro area fiscal capacity to be able to introduce a powerful anti-cyclical mechanism for a deeper economic policy coordination and to reinforce democratic legitimacy;
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Invites the stakeholders in this necessary next step to create enhanced democratic accountability mechanisms at both EU and national levels, which can be ensured by the community method and an Interinstitutional Agreement on European Economic Governance, while formalising the scrutiny role of the EP in the European Semester; calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance the social dialogue, including over the CSRs, and to engage in dialogue with the social partners;