5 Amendments of Bronis ROPĖ related to 2016/2101(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the greater coherence of the new mainstreamed European Semester, which allows for more opportunities to engage and communicate with Member States and stakeholders at all levels; is of the opinion that the involvement of regional and local authorities still needs to be enhanced and procedures be adapted accordingly;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned by the cumulative lack of investments, which affects long-term sustainable growth and quality job creation; stresses the importance of swift and consistent implementation of cohesion policy 2014- 2020 operational programmes and other EU-funded programmes and initiatives; underlines also the necessity of enhancing multi-level governance and improving the overall quality of public administration, both horizontally and vertically;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises the stronggrets the links that cohesion policy has established with the wider economic governance framework by providing support for recovery efforts to stimulate compliance with the European Semester ruleleading to counteracting recovery efforts through suspension of ESI funds; underlines, however, that the legitimacy of cohesion policy derives from the Treaties, and that this policy is the expression of European solidarity; is therefore of the opinion that measures linking the effectiveness of ESI Funds with sound economic governance should be applied judiciously, with caution and only as a last resort; recalls, moreover, that the application of such measures should always take into consideration the specific socio-economic circumstances of the Member State concerned, in order to avoid restricting regional and local investments;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Regrets the decision by Council from 12 July 2016 to trigger a macro- economic conditionality procedure following Article 126(8) of the Treaty and in accordance with Article 23(9) of the Common Provisions Regulation; stresses that the suspension of resources meant for investment in the real economy threatens the recovery process of the Member States concerned; recalls that as a result of such measures regions, local authorities and other beneficiaries suffering from suspension of ESI funds are punished for national budgetary policies which are beyond their reach;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is of the opinion that the proposal for a Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP) shcould provide dedicated and targeted support to Member States on a voluntary basis to assist them with the design and implementation of institutional, structural and administrative reforms, only when such reforms cannot be addressed by other instruments or supported by other types of technical assistance; emphasises that the proposed budgetary transfer from the technical assistance under cohesion policy to the SRSP at the initiative of the Commission should not be a precedent for any future proposals.