31 Amendments of Pervenche BERÈS related to 2010/2099(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
having regard to Articles 121, 126, 136, 138, 148 and 352 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the Protocols (No 12) on Excessive Deficit Procedure and (No 14) on the Euro Group, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the European social model is an asset for world competition, which has been weakened by the economic competitiveness divergences between Member States,
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas budget consolidation is likely to be to the detriment of public services and social protection,
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Include employment targets, in particular concerning the youth employment rate and poverty reduction, on the scoreboard, given that this target will not be met by only taking into account the employment situation; monitor the way in which these targets are pursued.
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Ensure better coordination between the national convergence programmes, the Europe 2020 strategy and the Guidelines for the Employment Policies of Member States as well as the national reform programmes.
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Strengthen the role of the Employment Committee, as provided for in Article 150 TFEU, – in particular in addressing cross-border employment issues – and the role of the Social Protection Committee as provided for in Article 160 TFEU.
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Activate the horizontal social clause of the Lisbon Treaty taking into account social rights and social objectives when defining new EU policies.
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Ensure that the European Semester enables a genuine and timely contribution by all relevant stakeholders, such as the national parliaments and the local or regional authorities, the European Parliament, the social partners and the representatives of civil society.
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas a stronger involvement of the social partners at national and European level will contribute to a better ownership in the implementation of economic governance and the overall Europe 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. National employment policies and the anti-poverty target should be included on the scoreboard and be assessed by the specialist departments of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO), in particular the Employment and Social Protection Committees.
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Call on the EPSCO and ECOFIN departments of the Council and their respective working parties to strengthen their cooperation, also by holding joint biannual meetings to ensure that their policies are genuinely integrated.
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Supplement the scoreboard with alternative indicators to describe growth and to assess whether it meets the targets set by the Europe 2020 strategy.
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas labour, knowledge, capital and innovations have a tendency to migrate to certain regions, and EU financial solidarity mechanisms need to be further developed focusing, in particular, on research and development and education,
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Implement a sanctioning systemystem of incentives as well as of sanctions which does not undermine the democratic participation of all Member States in decision-making and which excludes budget lines aimed at improving the employment and social conditions of workers, in particular the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF).
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas employment policies play a key role in ensuring labour intensive growth and the competitiveness of the European economy, especially in the context of an ageing population,
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Encourage measures supporting long- term investment policies and sound remuneration policies that focus on long- term sustainable growth, creating high-quality employment, rather than on short- term gains. Such initiatives should be applied throughout the financial sector.
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas a fair balance between investments in sustainable, job-creating growth and the prevention of excessive deficits over the economic cycle, in line with Union-level commitments and guidelines, need to be persued,
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas competitiveness divergences and current-account imbalances within the euro area increased steadily during the pre- crisis years and have largely persistincreased throughout the crisis,
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas preventive macroeconomic surveillance should be based on both Article 121 and Article 148 TFEU,
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 1 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Annex 1 – heading 1 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
– Define the scope of the multilateral surveillance based on TFEU instruments and assessments by the Commission aiming at preventing excessive macro- economic imbalances, unsustainable fiscal and other policies, addressing financial stability and, long-term investment and sustainable growth concerns in accordance with the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy; strengthen the European Parliament's role as well as the invovlement of all other stakeholders in the governance of this surveillance,
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 1 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
Annex 1 – heading 1 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
– Establish an enhanced analytical surveillance framework (including a scoreboard with specific trigger values for early warning) with appropriate methodological tools and transparency for an effective multilateral surveillance based on key economic indicators (real and nominal), which may affect competitiveness positions, including, but not limited to, growth rate, composition of the national GDP, employment and poverty rate, real exchange rate developments, labour cost developments, current account/balance of payments developments, credit growth, capital formation and inflows, productivity developments, and asset markets (including private debt and property markets) developments,
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 1 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
Annex 1 – heading 1 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
– Establish common rules for a more active use of the Broad Economic Policy Guidelines in coordination with the Employment guidelines as a key tool for economic guidance, surveillance and Member State- specific recommendations in line with the EU 2020 strategy, focusing on growth, employment, structural reforms, productivity and competitiveness, while taking into consideration the convergences and divergences between Members States - including their demographic situation-, strengthening the relative competitive advantages of Member States, the resilience of the economy to external shocks and the impact that Member States' decisions may have on other Member States,
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 1 – paragraph 1 – indent 6
Annex 1 – heading 1 – paragraph 1 – indent 6
– Establish a "Union semester" for a first comparison and assessment of draft budgets of Member States (main elements and assumptions) in order to better evaluate the implementation and future execution of the Stability and Convergence Programmes (SCPs) and the National Reform Programmes (NRPs), taking due account of the national annual budget procedures and multi-annual budgetary frameworks; the broad economic policy guidelines as well as the employment guidelines established jointly with Parliament should be used as a framework for discussion and evaluation of the eurozone Member States' budgets – before their presentation to the respective national parliaments,
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 1 – paragraph 1 – indent 12
Annex 1 – heading 1 – paragraph 1 – indent 12
– Introduce a strong involvement of national parliaments before formal presentation of the SCPs and NRPs at Union level in an agreed time-frame, for instance through an annual debate to take place among national parliaments, with the participation of the European Parliament, on the integrated guidelines and on budgetary orientations of one another;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 2 – introductory part
Annex 1 – heading 2 – introductory part
Recommendation 23 : Strengthening the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP)
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex 1 – heading 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The legislative act to be adopted (on the basis of, inter alia, Article 126 TFEU) should aim in particular to strengthen the preventive arm of the SGP, define incentives and include economically and politically more sensible sanctions, while taking due account of the structure of the budget and the nature of the national public expenditure needed for growth enhancing structural reforms:
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
Annex 1 – heading 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
– Establish a clear harmonised framework to measure and monitor debt as well as surplus dynamics, including implicit and contingent liabilities, such as public guarantees in public-private-partnership investments,
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 5
Annex 1 – heading 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 5
– Establish minimum rules and guidelines for national budgetary procedures (i.e. annual and multiannual financial frameworks) in order to implement the obligation in Article 3 of the Protocol (No 12) on Excessive Deficit Procedure. Those national frameworks should include sufficient information on both the expenditure and revenue sides of the planned budgetary actions in order to enable sensible discussion and scrutiny of the budgetary plans at both the national and Union level; further work on the comparability of national budgets as regards their spending categories and the political priorities they reflect is needed,
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 3 – introductory part
Annex 1 – heading 3 – introductory part
Recommendation 32 : Enhancing economic governance in the euro area by the Euro Group
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
Annex 1 – heading 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex 1 – heading 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 3 a (new)
Annex 1 – heading 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 3 a (new)
– Endow one of the Commission's vice- presidents with the task of ensuring that EU economic activity is consistent, with overseeing how the Commission exercises its economic, monetary and financial- market-related responsibilities and with coordinating other aspects of the Union’s economic activity; he or she should participate in the work of the European Council, chair the Ecofin Council and the Eurogroup and represent the EU on relevant international bodies; he or she should also be placed in charge of managing the economic and financial affairs directorate and financial services of the internal market directorate general,