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21 Amendments of Engin EROGLU related to 2019/2129(INI)

Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas a stronger role of the euro, and its increased use as a reserve currency, would increase the EU’s ability to frame its policy stance independently vis-à-vis the US and the Federal Reserve and would ultimately provide protection from the risk of an uncooperative US approach;
2019/11/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas Economic Areas that have low interest rates for a long time tend to have low growth rates and big Problems with "Zombie firms";
2019/11/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas the ECB stopped issuing 500 EUR bank notes in April 2019;
2019/11/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the findings of the ESCB expert group on low wage growth1 , which analysed the disconnect between wage growth and labour market recovery, namely that low wage growth over recent years can be explained mainly by technology and wage bargaining shocks, the latter being impacted by changes in wage bargaining structure – reducing the bargaining power of employees – and labour market regulations – mainly in countries most affected by the global economic and financial crisis and the combination of labour underutilisation, low inflation readings and subdued productivity growth; _________________ 1 ECB Occasional Paper Series No 232 / September 2019: Understanding low wage growth in the euro area and European countries. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpops /ecb.op232~4b89088255.en.pdfdeleted
2019/11/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 1
- The deepening of the European Monetary Union, including a fiscal capacity for the euro area able to providing a counter-cyclical stabilisation function;deleted
2019/11/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 2
- The completion of the banking union, including a fully mutualised European deposit insurance scheme that would reduce risks, promote fair competition, facilitate the expansion of pan-European banking and reinforce the stability of the euro area as a whole;deleted
2019/11/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 a (new)
- The respect of a market-driven economy that refrains from protectionism;
2019/11/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 b (new)
- The respect of the rule of law;
2019/11/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 4
- The creation of a safe asset guaranteed by euro-area Member States to foster the integration of bond markets;deleted
2019/11/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 4 a (new)
- No negative interest rates, as it makes the currency less likely to be used as a liquidity reserve;
2019/11/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that low interest rates have led to a reduced pressure on Member States to implement structural reforms and thus are a key reason for the lack of Reforms in several Member States;
2019/11/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines the need to monitor the impact that the current monetary policy stance might have on asset prices;
2019/11/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the negative effects on banks’ net interest income have been counterbalanced so far by the benefits from more bank lending and lower costs for provisions and locreates big problems especially for small banks that refrain from investing in riskier asset classes;
2019/11/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines that a key reason for many economic crisis has been a negative real interest rate in the time before the crisis, and therefore notes that the negative real interest rates might contribute to asset price bubbles;
2019/11/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines that while very low or negative interest rates offer opportunities to consumers, workers and borrowers, who can benefit from stronger economic momentum, lower unemployment and lower borrowing cosit creates huge problems for small savers, pension systems and people saving for their retirements;
2019/11/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Underlines that cash is still an important payment method and thus calls the ECB to not ban cash payments and to continue to issue all current bank notes including the 200 EUR notes;
2019/11/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Supports the intention of the Governing Council of the ECB to continue reinvesting the principal payments from maturing securities for as long as necessary to maintain favourable liquidity conditions and an ample degree of monetary accommodation;deleted
2019/11/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 191 #
10a. Notes that due refraining from increasing interest rates during boom times, the ECB is limited in the options to reduce interest rates in bust times.
2019/11/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Is extremely worried about the risks due to the delay in setting up the banking union, and calls for the swift completion of the banking union with a fully mutualised European deposit guarantee scheme;deleted
2019/11/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the ECB to monitor and quantify the negative side effects of its open market policy and negative interest rate policy;
2019/11/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls that the nominations of Executive Board members should be prepared carefully, with full transparency and together with Parliament in line with the Treaties; calls on the Council to draw up a gender-balanced shortlist for all current and upcoming vacancies and to share it with Parliament, thus allowing it to play a more meaningful advisory role in the appointment process; regrets that to date no satisfactory progress has been madhire the most qualified people no matter which gender they are;
2019/11/15
Committee: ECON