Activities of Elmar BROK related to 2014/2145(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Review of the economic governance framework: stocktaking and challenges (debate) DE
Review of the economic governance framework: stocktaking and challenges (debate) DE
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the review of the economic governance framework: stocktaking and challenges
Amendments (4)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for an interinstitutional agreement to be concluded between the European Parliament, the Commission and the Council providing for parliamentary validationscrutiny of the various stages of the European Semester, starting with the Annual Growth Survey;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the setting-up of the Interparliamentary Conference on Economic and Financial Governance of the European Union; underscores, nevertheless, its limits when it comes to encouraging accountability on the part of decision-makers; points out that responsiparliamentary scrutiny and accountabilitiesy must be assumtake place at the level where decisions are taken or implemented; at the appropriate level, with national parliaments scrutinisingdvocates therefore strenghtening legitimacy at both national and European level, by foreseeing the adoption of National Reform Programmes and possible Convergence Partnerships by national governparliaments and the European Parliament scrutinising the European executive, ands well as the adoption of an EU legal act under the ordinary legislative procedure establishing Convergence Guidelines which will provide a basis for the European Semester next to the Annual Growth Survey; insists that any such cooperation must not lead to the establishment of a new joint parliamentary body;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that it is vital to distinguish between countries’ operating expenditure and their productive investments, and that it is for the Commission, with the help of Eurostat, to lay down, in advance, strict eligibility criteria that allow for more favourable treatment of productive investments that guarantee the viability of public finances in the long term, in accordance with Article 126(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)Welcomes the Communication adopted by the European Commission on 13 January 2015 clarifying the way flexibility will be applied by the latter in the Stability and Growth Pact;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6