19 Amendments of Jörg MEUTHEN related to 2018/2119(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Europe’s economy is now entering its sixth year of uninterrupted but modest growth;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas over the past two decades, total factor productivity in the euro area has lagged behind that of major global competitoreconomies;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas according to the Commission forecast, ten Member States are expected to have debt-to-GDP ratios of more than 60 % in 2019welve Member States of the EU and ten out of nineteen Member States of the euro area are expected to have debt-to-GDP ratios of more than 60 % in 2019; whereas seven of these (Belgium, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, and Portugal) are expected to have debt-to-GDP ratios of close to 100 % or more;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that pay-as-you-go pension schemes are not suited to generate fiscal buffers; stresses that fiscal subsidies to pay-as-you-go schemes undermine their character and endanger their fairness; underlines that national tax systems are better suited to achieve socially balanced burden sharing than pay-as-you-go systems;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that a higher proportion of elderly people entails higher healthcare, old-age care and pension spending; notes, moreover, that in an ageing society the proportion of working-age people is falling in relation to the proportion of elderly people, meaning that there are fewer working-age contributors per elderly person; highlights that this places a massive burden on public finances, threatening their sustainability; warns that continued political stalling will, in the near future, render it unavoidable to increase the pension age and cutting pension payout at the same time; suggests to increase flexibility of the pension age quickly;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls that workforce ageing is likely to be a significant drag on European productivity growth over the next few decades; urges Member States, therefore, to implement productivity-enhancing structural reforms; recalls that productivity growth is brought about by, among others, improving regulatory conditions, easing regulatory burden, and increasing capital investment; recalls that the current political climate tends to be hostile towards capital investors;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the importance of reviewing national public pension schemes, largely financed on a pay-as-you-go basis, in order to reduce their budgetary burden; urges to consider replacing pay-as-you-go schemes as they are mostly not sustainable;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the importance of increasing the labour force participation rate in order to keep social security systems sustainable, particularly in the context of an increasing dependency ratio; considers that unconditional support may generate disadvantageous incentives;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for a tax shift away from the high tax burden on labour in Europe;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses that targeted migration of skilled labour can possibly ease the problems of an ageing society; warns however that immigration of low skilled labour will intensify the problems of an ageing society in capital-based economies; regrets that, in this context, the debate on migration is based on superficialities and emotions; underlines that the categorical differences between migrant labourers, asylum- seekers, refugees, and illegal immigrants need to be re-established;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights that mobilising a shrinking working-age population will require more versatile employees and more flexible labour markets, combined with active labour market policies, life-long learning and training, and accessible social security systems, as outlined in the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights that small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs), which are an important driver of employment, cannot fully harness the potential of the European single market owing to legislative and administrative barriers; urges the Commission to reduce these barriers; urges the CommissionMember States, moreover, to tackle unfair competition and taxation among SMEs and multinational corporations;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on Member States for taxation reforms with a view to improving tax collection and lowering tax burden; highlights the need for better intergovermental coordination of administrative practices in the field of taxation;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recalls the importance of a resilient banking sector that safeguards financial stability; welcomes calls for the step-by- step completion of the banking union, with a credible European deposit insurance scheme and a package to reduce non-performing loans;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights that a transition to a new risk weight regime for banks’ sovereign exposures will help to weaken the ‘doom loop’ between banks and sovereigns; underlines the need for rules on large exposure to sovereign risks;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Highlights that to ensure intergenerational fairness, Member States mustcould increase productivity through incentives for productive investments, such as in growth- enhancing infrastructure projects, in order to stimulate much-needed potential economic growth;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses that increasing productivity growth requires incentives for investment in R&D, innovation, and digitalisation, with an emphasis on increasing both physical and human capital;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that intra-European foreign direct investment leads to productivity gains for both the investing firm and local firms in the host regions, and generates economic convergence within Europe; highlights that regulatory and tax competition between the Member States could be a means of attracting such investments;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls that the degree of implementation of the country-specific recommendations is too low; believes that the focus of the European Semester should be on national ownership; urges national and regional parliaments to debate country reports and country-specific recommendations; stresses that the strict employment of the no-bailout clause increases national ownership;