24 Amendments of Dariusz ROSATI related to 2015/2285(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13
Citation 13
– having regard to the Commission communication of 103 February 2015 on making the best use of the flexibility within the existing rules of the stability and growth pact (COM(2015)0012),
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the 2016 Annual Growth Survey package and the proposed policy mix of investment, structural reform and fiscal responsibility, with increased emphasis on domestic demand and convergence, complementing accommodative monetary policies; Welcomes the fact that the document aims to further promote higher growth levels within the EU and to strengthen European recovery;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that Europe’s global competitiveness remains an important objective, while the worsening global outlook calls for strengthening domestic sources of growth by, in particular, enhancing innovation-driven efficiency and keeping labour costs in line with productivity;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is encouraged by mild improvements in labour market indicators; calls for more efficient efforts to reduce poverty, social exclusion and growing inequalities, while respecting budgetary discipline;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the European Fund for Strategic Investments to be used to maximum effect to support higher-risk projects not financed otherwise, and to promote growth, job creation and cohesion; welcomes the principle of using public money to leverage and attract additional private capital; Underlines that EFSI can only be used at its best potential if it is accompanied by ambitious structural reforms in Member States;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is aware of the ongoing deleveraging process in the private sector; points to the importance of completing the banking union and boosting equity investments in SMEs; Agrees with the Commission that in order to improve the investment environment, a greater regulatory predictability within the EU has to be provided;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Emphasises that the lack of investment is caused by low market confidence, Member States’ high indebtedness, slow deleveraging and subdued expectation of demand; Perceives the EFSI as an instrument that, if used correctly and followed by ambitious structural reforms in Member States, will attract investors and restore confidence;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Underlines that a lack of access to finance, particularly for SMEs, is one of the greatest obstacles to growth in the EU; Believes that alternatives to bank financing are needed, especially by improving the business environment for venture capital but also by improving efficient allocation of capital through capital markets; Welcomes therefore the Commission’s Communications on Capital Markets Union Action Plan and the Single Market Strategy as correct steps in improving the growth and investment potential within the EU;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights the importance of investments in human capital and other social investments, alongside reforms of the labour markets; Emphasises the need to invest in education and skills in order to give additional impulses for EU citizens to further develop; Stresses in particular the need to improve national education systems and adapt them to the new skill and knowledge demands on the EU labour market; Is concerned by the increased skill mismatches in many sectors and regions throughout the EU;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Underlines the importance to maintain a balance between social expenditure and further investment in projects that bring growth in the long- run; States that too high social expenditure and current expenditure in several countries, instead of investing in projects focusing on research and innovation, might further anchor them within a middle income trap; Therefore, calls on the Member States to find an efficient balance between social expenditure and investment within public budgets;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that, after a long period of macroeconominalc adjustment, focus should be put on ambitious structural reforms and investments aimed at strengthening growth potential, promoting fair and sustainable and efficient welfare systems and reducing social inequalities, while respecting budgetary sustainability;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for product and service market reforms and better regulation, promoting innovation and quality-based competition; Believes that the Member States and the Commission have not yet delivered on their commitment to complete a truly Single Market; Understanding the streamlined approach of the Commission towards the European Semester and the CSRs, calls on the Commission to pay more attention to the Single Market - as the backbone of the European project - in its AGS and CSRs;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the importance of greater resource and energy efficiency, including through the development of the circular economy; Underlines, therefore, the importance to further develop a true Energy Union based on solidarity, efficiency and diversity while not ignoring indigenous energy sources;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges that further steps be taken towards resilientsupporting labour markets with reduced segmentation and sustainable welfare systems with increased focus on social investment; Highlights, in this respect, the importance of flexible labour markets in combatting unemployment, in particular the negative impact on job creation of rigid rules on dismissal and of wage levels not following productivity levels;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Emphasises the previous calls by the Parliament on the Member States to make their labour markets more efficient; In this respect, emphasises the need for the Member States to modernise social protection systems, including pensions and to improve and streamline the legal and environment for business investment;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises the need for modern, efficient and citizen-friendly public administration; stresses the importance of further steps towards a true e- administration in and amongst Member States; Welcomes, in this context, the Commission’s view that the quality, independence and efficiency of Member States’ judiciary systems is a prerequisite for and investment and business friendly environment;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Reiterates the need for responsible fiscal policies, taking into account debt sustainability, the economic cycle and investment gaps; Is concerned that very high indebtedness of some Member States constitutes a substantial risk in case of possible future shocks within the euro area and hampers growth within the whole European Union;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Insists on a strict implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact, while making use of available fiscal spaceflexibility within the SGP, inter alia, to deal with security threats and refugee inflows; Stresses that the reformed economic governance framework of the EU is an efficient and ambitious tool to deal with the current economic and budgetary challenges; States that for the time being, the current economic governance framework should not be reformed but used to its best;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises the need for improved tax collection, fighting tax evasion and avoidance and improved tax policy coordination within the EU; Calls for tax systems that are simple and transparent in order to increase tax collection;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Underlines that for the sake of the integrity of the whole European Union, steps towards any type of a separate euro area treasury with its own budget should not be taken in the short to medium term;
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Calls for further strengthening of the coordination of national policies in the euro area in order to prevent negative spill-over effects of inadequately designed national policies into other Member States;
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Agrees with the Commission that Member States and the EU as a whole should further pursue structural reforms to modernise the economies; Welcomes the Commission's priority for many Member States to continue growth- friendly fiscal consolidation;
Amendment 434 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Believes that better implementation of country-specific recommendations requires clearly articulated priorities at European level and genuine public debate at national level, leading to greater relevance and ownership; Welcomes, in this respect, the hitherto visits of members of the Commission in Member States in order to discuss the European Semester process and its documents; States, however, that further steps in order to increase the European Semester's national ownership should be taken;
Amendment 469 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35