Activities of Elmar BROK related to 2012/2078(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Constitutional problems of a multitier governance in the EU (debate)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Disagrees with ‘the term 'contractualisation’ of the relationship between the Union and the Member State arrangements' and encourages to find better ways to formally link the funds made available under the competitiveness and convergence instrument (CCI) and the structural reforms, and reiterates that the lack of Union competences and of Union powers can be overcome by using the appropriate procedures or, in absence of an appropriate legal basis, by amending the Treaties;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Is of the opinion that the European Stability Mechanism, as a mechanism covering Member States whose currency is the euro, can be the financial backstop of the SRM, which could cover more Member States than the ESM, providing that a country concerned has fulfilled all its obligations and that insolvent banks are not covered;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Reiterates its call for the presentation of a legislative proposal to establish a competitiveness and convergence instrument under Article 121(6) TFEU, as an incentive-based mechanism of enhanced economic policy coordination, in particular regarding structural reforms, for all Member States whose currency is the euro which is open to the voluntary participation of non-euro countries;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Reiterates the call for the gradual roll- over of excessive debt into a redemption fund for the euro area bWelcomes the setting up on 2 July 2013 by the Commission, and following the agreements of the 2-Pack, of an expert group under the chair of Mrs Gertrude Trumpel-Gugerell, which is tasked on the model ofwith thoroughly assessing the Germain Economic Council of Experts; considers Article 352 TFEU to offer a legal basis for the establishment of such a fund for Member States whose currency is the euro, if necessary in conjunction with an enhanced cooperation of these Member Stafeatures of a potential redemption fund and eurobills, including any legal provisions, financial architecture and complementary budgetary frameworks; intends to position itself on these matters after the expert group's report has been presentesd;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60
Paragraph 60
60. Considers the reversed qualified majority voting in the Fiscal Compact as a merelymore as a political declaration without any legally binding effect on Member Statesthan an effective decision making instrument, and calls insteadtherefore for the integration of this voting rulee RQM into the Treaties and for the modification of, especially in Articles 121, 126 and 148 TFEU, in such a way that the proposals or recommendations submitted by the Commission may enter into force if no objection has been expressed by Parliament or the Council within a certain predefined period, in order to ensure fully-fledged legal certainty36;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71
Paragraph 71
71. Considers the inclusion of the possibility for the Union to budget for a deficit which shall not exceed a reference value to be specified in the Treaties, together with the establishment of proper mechanisms ensuring the avoidance of an excessive deficit at the European level;