6 Amendments of Stefan BERGER related to 2020/2037(INI)
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas new powers to temporarily issue recovery debt, including green bonds – which make the EU the world’s biggest issuer of such debt –, require adequate implementation and strict enforcement capacities so as to avoid undermining the long-term credibility of the euro as a safe asset currency;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the long-term international role of the Euro will largely depend on the Eurozone's attractiveness as a location to do business and the soundness of the Member States' fiscal policies;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates, in this context, the need to deepen and complete the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), the Banking Union and the Capital Markets Union (CMU), with a view to enhancing the international competitiveness of European markets and the stability and attractiveness of the euro;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the need for sustainable and sound fiscal and structural growth- enhancing policies that are based on a commitment to credible fiscal rules to maintain the stability and integrity of the Euro; calls for further reflection on the adequacy of the stability and growth pact framework and its enforcement despite the challenging circumstances; supports the plan outlined in Next Generation EU to use, in addition to monetary policy, a fiscal impulse, notably borrowing EUR 750 billion from capital markets bonds to finance the recovery and green transition, in addition to the issuance of EUR 100 billion in ‘social’ bonds under the European instrument for temporary support to mitigate unemployment risks in an emergency (SURE), which is intended to preserve employment; applauds the high level of interest that investors have demonstrated in European bonds;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights that an adequate supply of safe assets is a precondition for international currency status, and expresses its regret at the limited availability of euro- denominated safe assets; underlines, therefore, the need to create European safe assets; considers that the proposed issuance of a common debt to finance recovery will provide an EU-level reserve asset benchmark and increase the supply of euro-denominated safe assets; expects the ECB to conduct an assessment of the possibility of issuing certificates of deposit under its existing legal basis;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Points out that a higher share of energy contracts being traded in Euro could enhance the international role of the Single currency and is therefore supportive of policies furthering that goal;