3 Amendments of Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS related to 2015/2210(INI)
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for Member States to adaopt their public finances by conducting a counter-cyclical policy when necessary and making full use of the existing flexibility clauses foreseen in the legislationgrowth enhancing policies and to raise employment and growth rates through public investments programs; Urges the Commission to support public investment policies in order to give traction to economic recovery based on a combination of fiscal and monetary policy; considers that Member States with high debt levels in particular must continue with growth-friendly fiscal consolidcan only achieve fiscal conditions through economic and job creation and should urgently implement the recommended structural reformpolicies that ensure job protection and stability and higher wages, while those with more fiscal space should use it to accelerate investment;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the role of flexible labour markets in combatting unemployment, in particular the negative impact on job creation rates of rigid rules on dismissal, excessive minimum wage levels and lengthy labour disputes; calls for a shift away from labour taxes to other sources of taxationjob protection in avoiding recessionary spirals and sustaining wage and aggregate demand levels; calls for a shift toward direct taxes and away from indirect taxes, which are unfair and harm small and medium enterprises;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Deplores the fact that the CSRs suffer from lack of ownership at national level and from a democratic accountability mechanism; calls, in this context, for an increased role for national parliaments in the preparatheir substitution ofby the National Reform Programmes (NRPs) prepared and approved by national parliaments; stresses that increased ownership is a crucial factor for the successful implementation of the CSRsany reform agenda and, in the longer term, for the success of the Europe 2020 strategy;