5 Amendments of Tom VANDENKENDELAERE related to 2014/2245(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the economic crisis and the austerity measures havehas greatly increased economic and social disparities, worsening the differences between (and within) Member States;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the important role of cohesion policy in mitigatingreducing economic, social and territorial disparities which can help to mitigate the effects of the financial, economic and social crisis, as well as its positive effects on all regions; underlines its importance in closing the public/private investment gap, especially in the Member States hit most by the crisis;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the ‘investment clause’ outlined in the Commission communication on flexibility within the SGP; strongly believes that the investment clause should be symmetrically extended to the corrective arm;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the possibility of exempting the national cofinancing of the ESIF from SGP deficit calculations should be examined"investment clause" offers opportunities for national cofinancing of the ESIF;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the closer alignment of cohesion policy with the overall economic strategy and the EU’s Economic Governance Framework; opposes creatingwelcomes a close link between financial and fiscal objectives and cohesion policy; calls on the Commission to ensure that the effectiveness of the ESIF is not compromised by macroeconomic policiesby linking it to sound economic governance; calls for the full and formal involvement of Parliament in the future governance structure of the fund;