9 Amendments of Stéphanie YON-COURTIN related to 2022/2051(INL)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Insists on more democratic legitimacy, accountability and scrutiny of the Union economic policies of the Union and its Member States; stresses for the framework, institutions and tools for EU economic governance to be under the Community method; calls for any Treaty rev with the European Parliament scrutinising European executives; takes into account the recent report published by the European Court of Auditors on the Commission to grant the Parliament its role as co-legislator and democratic oversight in these policies; ’s assessment of national recovery and resilience plans and firmly believes that the European Parliament should act as a counterweight to ensure effective scrutiny. Calls for the Parliament to stand on an equal footing with the Council in particular as regards Articles 121 and 122 TFEU, as concerns economic and monetary policy, and Articles 311, 312 and 319 TFEU, as concerns the budget;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recalls the EU objectives set out in the Treaty such as establishing an economic and monetary union as well as achieving sustainable development based on balanced economic growth and price stability and a highly competitive market economy with full employment and social progress; underlines that any regulation should be in line with the achievement of these objectives; Considers that the resilience of the EU economy and the strategic autonomy of the EU should be added as general objectives of the Treaties;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Supports an economic governance framework that ensures stability, full employment, strategic and sustainable investmentssupports strengthening the competitiveness and resilience of the EU economy to ensure stability, full employment, strategic and sustainable investments for the achievement of key objectives in the twin transition and strategic autonomy of the EU, democratic accountability and ownership, and fiscal policies and instruments to counteract shocks;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the economic governance to be redesigned taking into account lessons learned from the NGEU and SURE processes; in light of the review of the Stability and Growth Pact and principles enshrined in the Treaties; stresses the need to update our macroeconomic governance framework to make it more resilient and to enable Member States to design new relevant rules to ensure the sustainability of their economic models and key investments, based on sound fiscals policies and sustainable debt levels;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges that the framework of the ECB’s accountability to Parliament be improved to reinforce and clarify the role of the European Parliament as a scrutiny body; Calls for a more comprehensive definition of the price stability and the ways to achieve it; Underlines that fiscal policy should play a stronger role and calls for a better convergence to complement the role of monetary policy;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the numerous impediments to essential EU tax initiatives over the past decades; calls for gradual change that would allow QMV in certain tax questionrecalls the possibility to use a passerelle clause to shift from unanimity to qualified majority voting in tax matters; calls for gradual change that would allow moving to qualified majority voting under ordinary legislative procedure as recommended by the Conference on the Future of Europe; considers that involving the European Parliament would enhance decision- making in taxation; supports the principle of establishing a common set of rules defining how companies’ profits should be taxed while ensuring it should apply fairly to all Member States and not disproportionately favour large economies;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the new challenges for Union’s competition policy, which require that the Treaty be amended toguidelines and notices should be align ited with the goalsobjectives enshrined in the Treaty in light of the Green Deal and, the pillar of social rights and support the Union´s strategic autonomy in key sectors such as industrial, defence, digital and trade policies; Calls for a better involvement of the European Parliament in reviewing guidelines for mergers and state aid control;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Considers that the European Parliament should be more involved in the activity of working parties and expert groups, such as the International Competition Network and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as an observer to get a better knowledge of the matter and keep it updated on the developments in order to be more prepared for its role as co-legislator;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the full use of the current Treaties, such as enhanced cooperation, in the meantime.