Activities of Sander LOONES related to 2015/2210(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2015 priorities (A8-0307/2015 - Dariusz Rosati) NL
European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2015 priorities - Steps towards completing the Economic and Monetary Union (debate) NL
Amendments (6)
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Affirms that a credible commitment to the principle of no-bailout would reinstall ownership on national level without much need of further rules of economic governance, thus reinforcing the sovereignty and responsibility of Member States in terms of economic and fiscal policies;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Underlines the destructive impact of an overvalued currency on exports, production, employment, wages, income, government revenue and social security systems; calls on the Commission to explore innovative ways of lessening the need for painful internal devaluation;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Emphasizes that a currency union - in a currency area which is far from optimal - necessarily leaves some Member States trapped with a currency which is overvalued vis-à-vis other members in the currency union; deplores that no easy remedy for the disadvantaged members of the currency union exists and that internal devaluation implies great and long-lasting sacrifices of people living in these Member States;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Calls on the Commission to openly acknowledge the fact that some problems of the weaker euro area economies are due to the impossibility of a nominal depreciation in the Eurosystem;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18d. Insists that European Semester documents be intellectually honest by discussing the full range of policy options available to tackle problems related to the overvaluation of a currency and to lessen the effects of austerity policies on ordinary people;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Emphasizes that the European Fiscal Board will not have any more competences than are already with the Commission today, hence warns that the EFB may be a completely superfluous body whose only effect is additional costs for the taxpayer;