15 Amendments of Marek BELKA related to 2020/2078(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the shock is symmetrical but the impact varies considerably among Member States and different sectors, reflecting the severity of the pandemic and the stringency of their containment measures, but also their specific economic exposures and initial conditions, including their available scope for discretionary fiscal policy responses;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas a determined, coordinated and solidarity-based European response is essential to mitigate the negative economic and social consequences of the crisis and, fragmentation of the single market, the further deepening of macroeconomic divergence as well as political tensions; Whereas a lack of a unified approach towards addressing the consequences of the crisis can lead to spill-over effects, prolonging the current, already harsh, economic crisis;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the Member States, also due to the support from the Commission and a coordination amongst each other, has been able to facilitate addressing and overcoming the difficulties caused by the current crisis;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with great concern that, according to the Commission’s Springummer 2020 economic forecast, the EU is expected to suffer the deepest recession in its history in 2020, as the euro area economy would contract by 8.7% in 2020 and the EU as a whole would contract by 8.3% in 2020;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned at the negative impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the global economy, trade, incomeequalities (including income and gender inequalities) and poverty;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Commends the swift, strong and decisive response to the crisis in the area of monetary and fiscal policy, at both EU and Member State level, with the ECB’s Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP), the activation of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the launch of the EIB’s pan- European Guarantee Fund, the activation of the ‘general escape clause' by the European Commission, the adoption of temporary state aid rules and the imminent European Support Scheme Mitigating Unemployment Risks in Emergency (SURE); Emphasizes that without such support, the economic, social and environmental downturn in the EU would be more severe and could have even more negative spill-over effects beyond the EU;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Welcomes the ambitious "Next Generation EU" approach of the Commission, aiming at establishing a European Recovery Plan, a revamped long-term EU budget, the issuance of common bonds by the European Commission and new own resources;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlining the harmfulness of tax evasion and tax avoidance practices towards the national and European budgets, stresses that companies registered on the territories put on EU list of non- cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes should not be eligible for state aid and other public support during the recovery phase and beyond unless they prove a legitimate economic activity there;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers it essential that the revision of the EU’s fiscal and economic policy framework should be completed by the time the escape clause is repealed and should enable fiscal policy to respond with discretion to shocks in the short term, and to reduce high public debt ratios to an agreed reference value in the long term, while allowing a sufficient level of public investment, progressive tax policies and the repayment of loans in a cycle- comfortable manner, and the long-term modernisation of public commodities; Emphasizes, in this respect, the need for tailor-made solutions for Member States in the Stability and Growth Pact, which is based on strict rules, but without undermining the competitiveness of the countries and hitherto socioeconomic specifics;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the refocus of the European Semester Spring Package aimed at providing an immediate economic policy response to tackle and mitigate the health and socio-economic impact of COVID-19 and reboot economic activity; supports the Commission’s announcement of a reform of the European Semester to convert it into a tool to coordinate the recovery measures, framed by the principles of the EGD, the EPSR and the SDGs, especially in the context of the current crisis; is convinced that this has to include the coordination of measures concerning state aid and tax policies; underlines the need for the integration of a new set of binding sustainability and wellbeing indicators and alternative measurements of growth performance;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Reiterates the fact that still many Country Specific Recommendations (CSRs), related to the European Semester, are not being implemented of sometimes even taken into account by the Member States; Calls on, in this respect, the Commission to involve to a greater extend national parliament in order for them to have more ownership in the whole process and, hence, be stricter in implementing the CSRs;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Invites the Commission to explore new policies suggested by international institutions that support and contribute to financing a just transition and sustainable growth, as well as aiming to restore Member States’ public finances; calls for the new basket of resources to include income stemming from EU policies favouring both the implementation of environmental protection and the preservation of a faircompetitive, fair and economically sustainable single market;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to cooperate more comprehensively with other European institutions such as the EIB or the ECB in developing, promoting and introducing new tools to address the socioeconomic and environmental challenges that the EU faces;