Activities of Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO related to 2014/2245(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Investment for jobs and growth: promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU (A8-0173/2015 - Tamás Deutsch) ES
Amendments (16)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the fact that the economic crisis has seriously damaged economic, social and territorial cohesion, in the Union with an unemployment rate growing by more than 3% since the beginning of the crisis and resulting in huge differences between Member States; recalls that since the onset of the crisis over 3.8 million jobs have been lost in manufacturing in the EU1 ; __________________ 1 Industrial Scoreboard 2013, Commission Staff Working Document, p.6.
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the economic crisis and the austerity measures have greatly increased economic and social disparities, worsening the differences between (and within) Member States; calls on the Commission to consider the effects on regional and social cohesion of its macroeconomic policies and recommendations, as well as of its investment and competition policies;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines that EU must promote environmental friendly policy, emphasizing on the renewable energy sources and severe sanctions for the industrial pollution.
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the important role of cohesion policy in mitigating the effects of the financial, economic and social crisis, as well as its positive effects on all regions; underlines its importance in closing the public/ and private investment gaps, especially in the Member States hit most by the crisis;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines that SMEs make up 99% of the EU's corporate fabric and account for 80% of jobs in the EU
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the difficulties of many Member States with financial difficulties to achieve their co-financing targets; calls on the Commission to review these levels and funding requirements in order to allow these Member States to make full use of the support provided through structural and cohesion funds;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that austerity measures in several Member States are having a negative impact on jobs and growth, resulting in decreasing investments, increasing unemployment, and in the destruction of the job creation potential; considers that all the new projects and investments promoted by EU funds should have an employment clause that includes the obligation to create new and non- precarious jobs;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls for an inclusive jobs and growth strategy that will tackle unemployment and secure more growth, more jobs with enhanced workers' rights, and access to public health and education as one of the means of achieving the economic, social and territorial cohesion that is needed in the EU; considers that the ultimate goal should be sustainable development and a high quality of life, together with prosperity and decent work for everyone;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the reform of cohesion policy has focused on delivering an investment policy; welcomes the Commission’s Investment Plan, and endorses its proposal to finance the new EFSI by making national contributions to the fund fiscally neutral as regards the SGP; stresses the interdependence of cohesion policy with the EU’s other investment initiatives; calls on the Commission to create a coherent and effective investment framework;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers it regrettable that the unemployment rate among young people is still too high; calls on the Member States to make the best and promptest possible use of the money available under the Youth Employment Initiative, especially the EUR 1 billion in pre-financing once it has been released, with adequate involvement of social partners;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that it is essential to provide greater support especially to micro and small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and worker cooperatives in order to boost their productivity within a stable business environment, minimize the effect of dominant market positions occupied by large companies and conglomerates, and help MSMEs and worker cooperatives to be set up and to grow".
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that it is high time for the EU to invest in businesses and support business creation; welcomesupport public investment to increase employment and social and regional cohesion; regrets, therefore, the intention to set up the new European Fund for Strategic Investments as a complementary tool with the potential to generate 1.3 million additional jobtool to guarantee private investments without any conditionality as regards within three yearss effects on employment or social and regional cohesion.
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the EIB to increase its financing of investments by MSMEs, cooperatives and the public sector, with the aim to strengthen social and regional cohesion.
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the closer alignment of cohesion policy with the overall economic strategy and the EU’s Economic Governance Framework; opposes creating a close link between financial and fiscal objectives and cohesion policy; calls on the Commission to ensure that the effectiveness of the ESIF is not compromised by macroeconomic policies; calls for the full and formal involvement of Parliament in the future governance structure of the fund;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for an inclusive industrial strategy that will tackle unemployment and secure more growth, more jobs with enhanced workers’ rights, and better working conditions, promote measures for ensuring safety and access to public health and education as one of the means of achieving the economic, social and territorial cohesion that is needed in the EU; considers that the ultimate goal should be sustainable development and a high quality of life, together with prosperity and decent work for everyone.
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for a direct support to promote solid growth and sustainable development of MSMEs in order improve labour productivity and resource use efficiency and keep pace with the evolving knowledge society and with development based on balanced economic growth, especially in Member States where the crisis has had a greater impact in terms of MSME closures;