17 Amendments of Pierre PIMPIE
Amendment 80 #
2024/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. NoteRecalls that, in the last few years, the EU has demonstrated a high degree of resilience in the face of major shocks, among other factors, thanks to a coordinated policy response; further recalls that promoting sustainable growth in a sustained manner means promoting responsible fiscal policies, structuralEU is facing significant investment gaps, in particular in the areas of competitiveness and the digital and green transition; believes that the private sector will have to take the lion’s share, though public investment will also have a supporting role to play; welcomes the fact that the new economic governance framework facilitates and encourages Member States to implement necessary reforms and to investments that increase productivity in those areas;
Amendment 88 #
2024/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that, in the last few years, the EU has demonstrated a high degree of resilience in the face of major shocks, among other factors, thanks to a coordinated policy response; further recalls that promoting sustainable growth in a sustained manner means promoting responsible fiscal policies, structural reforms and investments that increase productivity and boost competitiveness;
Amendment 96 #
2024/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that overcoming competitive and geopolitical challenges will require the transfer of expenditure to the EU level in certain policy areas related to European public goods to increase the efficiency of overall public expenditure; welcomes the Union’s commitment to increasing its spending efficiency and investments in overall defence capabilities to match its needs in the context of rising threats and security challengespriority to be given to enhanced cooperation between the Member States in policy areas related to European public goods, while respecting the national competences and ensuring effective management of public expenditure; notes, in particular, that spending on security and defence is essential for the sovereignty of Member States, which have their own history and diplomatic traditions; stresses that, pursuant to the principle of subsidiarity, defence policy can only be conducted at Member State level;
Amendment 97 #
2024/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that overcoming competitive and geopolitical challenges will require the transfer of expenditure to the EU level in certain policy areas related to European public goods to increase the efficiency of overall public expenditure; welcomes the Union’s commitment tcan be best addressed by respecting Member States’ competences; believes that - based on the principle of subsidiarity - Member States have the best understanding on the challenges they are facing; welcomes at the same time the Union’s commitment to boosting its competitiveness while also increasing its spending efficiency and investments in overall defence capabilities to match its needs in the context of rising threats and security challenges;
Amendment 115 #
2024/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the fact that a consistent and comprehensive industrial policy is vital to increase investments in the EU’s innovation capacity, while preserv-enforcing competitiveness and preserving the integrity of the single market; calls on the Commission to come up with initiatives, based on the Budapest Declaration, in order to put the EU economy back on the high growth track;
Amendment 127 #
2024/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. NoteExpresses its concerns that, according to the Commission’s autumn 2024 economic forecast, EU GDP is expected to grow only by 0.9 % (0.8 % in the euro area) in 2024 and by 1.5 % (1.3 % in the euro area) in 2025; notes that the economic outlook for the EU remains highly uncertain, with risks largely tilted to the upside;
Amendment 151 #
2024/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets the factNotes that eight Member States have excessive deficits and welcomes remedial action; recalls the importance of equal treatment of the Member States in this regard;
Amendment 174 #
2024/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that the reform aims to make the framework simpler, more transparent and effective, with greater national ownership and better enforcement; recalls, furthermore, that it aims to strengthen fiscal sustainability through gradual and tailor-made adjustments complemented by reforms andhile fully respecting the fiscal sovereignty of the Member States; stresses that fiscal sustainability must be guaranteed through realistic adjustments, taking account of strategic investment needs and to promote countercyclical fiscal policiesnational specificities, while ensuring that EU-wide policies are not counter-productive;
Amendment 180 #
2024/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Welcomes that the new fiscal rules focus on reducing Member States' indebtedness by keeping the 60% debt and 3% deficit targets and that applying objective, numerical values for reaching these targets as a secondary objective;
Amendment 201 #
2024/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Affirms that a renewed focus on medium-term net expenditure will require comprehensive reforms of national budgetary planning procedures across the Member StatesNotes the fact that the net expenditure indicator excludes expenditure on programmes of the Union fully matched by Union funds and expenditure on programmes funded by the Union; considers that this approach will contribute to strengthening the synergies between the EU budget and the national budgets of the Member States, thereby reducing fragmentation and increasing the efficiency of public spending as a whole; believes that those synergies can also be increased when extensions of the adjustment period are granted to Member States committing to a set of investments and reforms which contribute to addressing the main challenges identified in the European Semester, in particular the country-specific recommendations, and the common priorities of the Union;
Amendment 211 #
2024/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Recalls that the original objective of the European Semester was the coordination of budgetary and economic policies across the Union, thereby safeguarding its macroeconomic stability and ensuring sound public finances in all Member States;
Amendment 213 #
2024/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Expresses its concerns that the economic governance framework as a whole has lost its focus on economic policy; regrets the fact that over the years, including the latest reform of the framework, the European Semester has become an overly complex set of rules interfering in Member State's competences and putting the earlier established level playing field under severe strain;
Amendment 214 #
2024/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10 c. Notes that according to the new rules the European Parliament may invite Member States under an Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP) to participate in an exchange of views; believes that it should not oversee and question Member States’ budgetary plans; reminds that this is a clear and sole competence of national parliaments;
Amendment 230 #
2024/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that 18 Member States have proposed deviations from the expenditure path determined by the Commission, resulting, in some cases, in higher average expenditure growth; laments the fact that these deviations are justified on the basis of significant discrepancies between Member States’ economic assumptions and those of the Commission; calls on the Commission to ensure - through appropriate dialogue with the Member States while respecting their competencies - that economic arguments underpinning the new paths proposed by Member States are sound and data-driven; regrets that Member States are delaying their fiscal adjustments to the end of the period, coinciding with slower GDP growth; calls on the Commission to prevent procyclical policies;
Amendment 250 #
2024/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Agrees with the Eurogroup that, given the macroeconomic outlook for 2025,Recognises the importance of responsible fiscal management but insists that any gradual and sustainabled fiscal consolidation in the euro area conteffort must maintain the strategic inuves to be necessary; highlights the need to reduce the high levels of deficit and debt in a way that minimises the impact on growthtment needed for growth in the long term; stresses that these adjustments must be compatible with national priorities and must mitigate the negative impact on social cohesion and economic development;
Amendment 261 #
2024/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that the implementation of the revised governance framework is expected to lead to a contractionary fiscal stance for the euro area as a whole in 2024 and 2025, which is appropriate in light of the macroeconomic outlook and the need to continue to enhance fiscal sustainability and support the ongoing disinflationary proconsolidation in 2025 will be coupled with continued growth in public investment; notes, furthermore, the significant impact of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) and EU funds in several Member States on the forecast expansion of public investment, underpinned by an acceleration of the absorption of EU funds, in particular the cohesion policy and NextGenerationEU; takes the view that as the RRF has already been mobilised in exceptional circumstances to revive the economy, following the COVID-19 crisis and to complement the national recovery plans, it should not be renewed in the next multiannual financial framework, to allow the EU budget to focus expenditures on the EU's own competencess;
Amendment 301 #
2024/2112(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Reiterates in this regard that Country-Specific Recommendations (CSRs) should be better focused by preserving the macroeconomic character and should always remain within the remit of EU competences and should never use double standards;