22 Amendments of Gilles BOYER related to 2020/2075(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls urgently on the Commission and the European Council to closely integrate the European Pillar of Social Rights into the economic governance of the Union;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the Eurogroup and the Euro Summit are informal formations of the Union; notes that this represents a significant impediment to the democratic legitimacy of the Union as a whole and calls for their integration into the treaty framework;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recalls that according to the protocol 14 TFEU, each Member State is destined to adopt the Euro;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Recalls that according to the article 121 and 126 TFEU, the European Parliament cannot scrutinize nor amend the recommendations made by the Council inside the framework of the European Semester; Considers urgent a treaty revision in order to increase democratic legitimacy by a Parliament's approval of the recommendations;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the importance of pargender equality; regrets that only applications from male candidates have been submitted to Parliament for the latest posts to be filled in the economic bodies of the Union;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication of 3 March 2021 entitled ‘One year since the outbreak of COVID- 19: fiscal policy response’ and takes notewelcomes of the proposed conditions for deactivatmaintaining the general escape clause (GEC); highlights that deactivation of the GEC should be conditional upon until at least 2022; agrees with the Commission that deactivation of the GEC should be contingent on an overall assessment of the state of the economy based on, primarily, quantitative criteria; agrees that economic activity in the EU or Euro Area compared to pre-crisis levels should be the key criterion; however, stresses that the health, social and economic situation acrossof each Member States should be taken into account in order to ensure that fiscal support is provided for as long as needed;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that economic indicators and adjustment paths need to be interpreted cautiously, and therefore calls for the code of conduct of the Stability and Growth Pact to be revised vis-à-vis the benchmarks needed to calculate such adjustment needs and paths; stresses that fiscal guidance should avoid pro-cyclical biases, promote upward convergence and sustainable, inclusive and digital growth in line with the European Green Deal and the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, and counteract macroeconomic imbalances; calls for special accounting treatmentearmarking for loans from Next Generation EU (NGEU) related spending;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for a continued expansionary fiscal stance for as long as needed and for it to be shifted to support the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and a green, digital and inclusive transformation while ensuring fiscal sustainability; stresses that a premature withdrawal of support should be avoided and that the shift in fiscal policy should be gradual;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to embed the high-quality fiscal support in credible medium-term frameworks, bearing in mind that emergency fiscal policy measures are temporary, limited and targeted; calls on the Member States to monitor fiscal risks, namely contingent liabilities, as appropriate;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for an appropriateenhanced coordination between fiscal and monetary policy mix that work togetheries when working towards achieving the EU’s objectives and promoting sustainable, inclusive and digital growth;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls the importance of growth- enhancing policies and publicsustainable public and private investment aimed at increasing growth potential and achieving the EU’s objectives centred around the green and digital transitions; highlights the importance of promoting public and private investments to unlock additional capital, especially in the context of the EU recovery;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to relaunch the debate on the reform of the economic governance of the Union with a view to coming forward with a comprehensive, forward looking legislative proposal by the end of 2021; calls for a rethink of EU fiscal rules, also in view of the legacies of the pandemic, and supports the EFB’s conclusion that the fiscal framework has to be adapted;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Proposes, in line with the EFB, that existing waivers and derogations are replaced by ‘ one general escape clause, triggered based on independent economic judgement’; but asks for further clarification on the composition of the independent body, and how its independence would be ensured;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Shares the EFB’s opinion that sustainable growth-enhancing public investments should be exempt from the expenditure rulearmarked, in particular those investments that are aligned with the EU’s long-term objectives of the NGEU; whilst it is important that growth-enhancing public investment is incentivised, eligible investments should be clearly framed and contribute to the achievement of the EU’s objectives;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Stresses that an updated EU fiscal framework must act as an enabler to achieve the objective of the Green Deal and bridge the climate-friendly investment gap;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses that governments’ revenues are essential to guarantee the sustainability of public finances; calls on the Member States to take action to tackle tax fraud, tax avoidance, and tax evasion, as well as money laundering, including the full transposition of the relevant European legislation into national legislation; Welcomes the Commission’s Action plan for a comprehensive Union policy on preventing money laundering and terrorism financing and calls for an ambitious legislative proposal with enforced European level supervision, competences and resources, as detailed in Parliament’s resolution B9-0207/2020;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Agrees with the opinion of the EFB and others21 that a deepening of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) would be helped by a central fiscal capacity, which could help cushion idiosyncratic shocks, whether common or country-specific, in a timely manner; recalls in this regard the need to create the role of EU Treasury Secretary in order to reinforce its democratic responsibility in line with the Commission Communication of 6 December 2017, “Further Steps Towards Completing Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union: A Roadmap”; _________________ 21International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank.
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the Commission to start working on the creation of a climate indicator to assess the discrepancy between the structure of Member States’ budgets and the Paris-aligned scenario for each of their national budgets; stresses the need for this indicator to provide Member States with information on their trajectory within the framework of the Paris Agreement in order to ensure that Europe is able to become the first climate-neutral continent by 2050; expects the climate indicator to be a reference for the EU’s various policies and thus also to be used as a guide for the European Semester, without watering down its original purpose;
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Considers that alignment of national fiscal policies with the EU’s commitments under the Paris Agreement should be apriority; notes that the climate poses real and severe risks to the sustainability of member states’ fiscal policies; reiterates the EU’s stated ambition to become the first climate- neutral continent by 2050;
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls for a renewed European Semester as the main economic and social policy coordination framework supporting the EU’s long-standing goals of sustainability and upward convergence with stronger national ownership; calls for more rigorous democratic scrutiny and for Parliat EU and national level to hold national government’s full involvement in defining the overarching goals and the guidanceaccount; Moreover, calls for greater involvement of the European Parliament in defining the overarching goals and the guidance; identifies the upcoming Conference on the Future of Europe as a possible forum to discuss the greater involvement of the European Parliament in defining and enforcing common EU rules on economic policy coordination; stresses that the governance of the Recovery and Resilient Facility should serve as an inspiration for the future of economic policy coordination;
Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Underlines that for better enforcement each Member State should strive for strong ownership of commonly agreed economic policy priorities and that, in this context, the right balance should be sought between peer support, peer pressure, financial benefits and financial consequences;