Activities of Miguel VIEGAS related to 2014/2145(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Review of the economic governance framework: stocktaking and challenges (A8-0190/2015 - Pervenche Berès) PT
Amendments (22)
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the current economic situation calls for urgent, comprehensive and decisive measures to face the threat of deflation or very low invery low inflation and the threat of deflation, low growth and high unemployment;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Believes that internal devaluation such as wage restraint is just as harmful to the collective of the euro zone as excessive debt;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that major policy initiatives which included policy recommendations were based on economic forecasts that had not anticipated the low growth and inflation experienced and have not fully taken into account the underestimation of the size of the fiscal multiplier, the importance of spillover effects across countries in a period of synchronised consolidation and the deflationary impact of cumulative structural reforms, leading to the failure of those initiatives;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the current situation calls for closer and inclusive economic coordination (to increased aggregate demand, improve fiscal sustainability and allow for fair and sustainable structural reforms and related investments) and for swift reactions so as to correct the most obvious fault lines in the economic governance framework;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that the crisis tools promoted and implemented by the European institutions and Member States have resulted in a decline in internal demand and consumption, which has subsequently led to deflation, negative growth and an increase in unemployment, particularly among young people;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Warns that the accumulation of procedures makes the economic governance framework complex and not transparent enough, which is detrimental to the ownership and acceptance by parliaments, social partners and citizens of guidelines, recommendations and reforms stemming from this framework;economic governance framework undermines the relevance of democratic choices made at the national and local level which is in contradiction with the primacy of local parliaments, social partners and citizens.
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that the economic governance framework has not been able to alleviate the negative social impacts of the crisis and has in some cases prolonged the crisis for ordinary people;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Insists that the economic governance framework - in particularly the SGP - must not prevent Member States from adopting the necessary counter-cyclical actions aimed at stimulating internal demand, countering high unemployment, social exclusion and low growth;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Deplores, however, the fact that the communication does not touch upon the nature of ‘'unusual events’' falling outside the control of a Member State which could allow it to temporarily depart from the adjustment path towards achieving its MTO, leaving an unacceptable margin for discretion for european institutions and paving the way for the different treatment of similar situations;
Amendment 470 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Insists that the Annual Growth Survey (AGS) and euro area recommendation must be better designed and put to better use to allow for a global economic debate, notably as regards convergence in the euro areathe structural flaws and inequalities in the euro area and the rise in unemployment and social exclusion; proposes that the country-specific recommendations (CSRs) should be established on the basis of striking a better balance between the AGS and the macroeconomic imbalance procedure (MIP), and suggests that the euro area recommendation should be madenon- compulsory following a proper debate with the European Parliament, with incentives being offered so as to encourage the implementation thereof; requests that the excessive deficit procedure (EDP) recommendation be joined together with the CSRand preceded by a proper debate in National and European Parliaments;
Amendment 488 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Asks the Commission to verify whetherConsiders that the current 1/20 rule on debt reduction is sustainable and whether it needs to be reconsidernot viable for many of the member states and should be revoked;
Amendment 511 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Asks the Commission's to make the three-pillar strategy (investment, fiscal rules and structural reforms), presented in the AGS 2015, more concrete under the euro area recommendation and in the CSRs and to strengthen its approach by building a fourth pillar on taxation, with a particular focus on european-wide tax evasion, avoidance and arbitrage;
Amendment 569 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Asks the Commission to take into account all relevant factors, including real growth and, inflation and unemployment, when evaluating the economic and fiscal situations of Member States under the EDP;
Amendment 598 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission, when evaluating the fiscal position of Members States, to include a better balance betweenassessment of the impact of the agreed fiscal measures and the fiscal figures based on estimated potential growth for GDP, output gaps and structural deficits that may introduce unexpected radical change at a later stage;on GDP growth, drawing from the experience of consistently optimistic forecasts for adjustment countries and the debate on the fiscal multiplier.
Amendment 624 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Acknowledges, based on the current situation, that the economic governance framework must be corrected and completed in both the medium and long term to allow for the EU and the euro area to meet the challenges of growth, economic convergence, long- lasting investment, job creation and reliance;
Amendment 662 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls for a new legal framework and a policy shift for future assistance programmes in order to ensure that all decisions are taken under the responsibility of the Commission with full and real involvement of European and National Parliament;
Amendment 711 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
Amendment 751 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 – indent 1
Paragraph 37 – indent 1
– a ‘taxation union’commitment to European-wide measures against tax fraud and evasion and corporate tax dumping,
Amendment 766 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 – indent 2
Paragraph 37 – indent 2
– a social dimension, including a minimum wage mechanism and a minimum unemployment benefit scheme for the euro area and in-depth reforms to favour mobilityreduce income inequalities,
Amendment 796 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 – indent 4
Paragraph 37 – indent 4
– a euro area fiscal capacity notably to finance counter cyclical actions, structural reforms or part of debt reduction;