6 Amendments of Pierre LARROUTUROU related to 2021/0000(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the agreements on the mMultiannual fFinancial fFramework, Next Generation EU, the own resources (OR) decision, the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) and the Rule of Law (RoL) regulation constitute a viable baseline for innovative policies indispensable to tackle existing and unexpected or unpredictable challenges; and is convinced that the common issuance of bonds at EU level is a sea change in EU public finances, which adds value by mutualising the outstanding credit rating of the EU budget based on its OR system crucial to implement European priorities, support public investments and reforms and represents an economic stimulus for a sustainable and fair recovery in the EU replacing outdated recovery policies;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights that women, as well as vulnerable and marginalised groups, have been over-proportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic and social consequences, constituting a majority of workers in the care sector and sectors particularly affected by unemployment and lockdowns while also being victims of the sharp increase of domestic and gender-based violence; recalls that the employment, the gender pay and the gender pension gaps remain extremely high; underlines that the European Semester process and the RRF should contribute to tackle those inequalities; calls for strengthening gender equality through the integration of gender mainstreaming and for the Commission to accelerate the introduction of an effective, transparent, comprehensive, result-oriented and performance-based methodology for all EU programmes;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need for the recovery and resilience plans to deliver public goods like pandemic prevention and to contribute to implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights, the EU’s climate and biodiversity objectives, The Paris agreement, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the European Green Deal and the digital and green transformation andof Europe as well as the Gender Equality Strategy;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises that the European Parliament should be better included in the European Semester process, including the Country Specific Recommendations; stresses the importance of a more inclusive social dialogue with social partners, civil society, youth organisations, local and regional authorities in shaping the European Semester; recalls the role for the European Parliament in the governance of the RRF through the regular “recovery and resilience dialogue” which will enable the Parliament to invite the Commission to discuss different items related to the Facility;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses how the social tracking methodology to be developed for the Recovery and Resilience Funds can play a key role to improve the European Semester in order to better incorporate social and environmental issues on an equal footing to fiscal coordination, by for example paying more attention to aggressive tax planning, poverty reduction, gender equality, social justice, social cohesion and upward convergence;
Amendment 62 #
6a. Emphasises that the EU budget and national budgets are negatively impacted by tax evasion and a comprehensive approach is needed to fight tax fraud, tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning as well as aggressive tax competition; thus calls for an annual survey on the European tax gap including a listing of harmful tax practices, revenue impacts of tax evasion etc.;