10 Amendments of Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS related to 2021/0000(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesTakes note of the Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy 2021 assessments, the strategy’s enhanced focus on social and environmental dimensions and its emphasis on the importance of combining crisis management with the transformative aspirations of the Green Deal and the digital transition; underlines that the COVID-19 crisis is having an impact onexpresses its deep concern about the deep recession caused by the COVID-19 crisis, the substantial rise of unemployment, the big loss of peoples’ income, the millions of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion, the sharp increase in cases of domestic and gender-based violence, and the increasing disparities among Member States and their regions; underlines that the COVID-19 crisis has radically changed the notion of reforms, recovery and resilience and highlights the Portuguese Presidency’s emphasis on the European social model as a valuable contribution in this regard;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes that, according to the Commission’s Autumn 2020 economic forecast, EU GDP would contract by 7.4 % (7.8 % in the euro area) in 2020 and recover to 4.1 % (4.2 % in the euro area) by 2021; worries, however, that the soon to be published winter forecast, which will reflect the second wave of the pandemic, the prolongation of the containment measures as well as the considerable delays in the vaccination process, will show a much slower recovery that initially predicted; underlines that, in any case, the uncertainty surrounding the outlook is extremely high due to the exceptional circumstances relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and in this framework the production of forecasts is by definition a very challenging task;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the agreements on the multiannual financial framework (MFF), Next Generation EU (NGEU), the own resources (OR) decision, the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) and the Rule of Law (RoL) regulation constitute a viable baseline for innovative policie, sustainable and socially just policies, reforms and investments and is convinced that the common issuance of bonds at EU level is a seafundamental change in EU public finances which adds value by mutualising the outstanding credit rating of the EU budget based on its OR system; regrets, however, the limited size of the EU budget and the significant cuts in the fields of cohesion and social policies, especially in the financial envelopes of the Cohesion Fund and the European Social Fund; stresses the need to take full advantage of all possibilities and synergies under the MFF and the NGEU;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the RRF reshapes the European Semester framework and that, together with the Just Transition Fund, will be an exemplary test case of how EU strategic guidance and financial firepower can be synchronised with national needs, priorities and implementation capacities; points out that the support from the RRF is not meant to substitute recurring national budgetary expenditure; deplores the macroeconomic conditionality in the RRF and the Common Provisions Regulation for shared management funds;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses that the European Semester process has proved insufficient to address social and economic disparities and inequalities in Europe; calls on the Commission and the Member States to urgently reform the financial legal framework and the European Semester process in order to effectively promote fair, inclusive and sustainable growth, fully incorporating the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the European Pillar of Social Rights, and to enhance democratic accountability; underlines that the deactivation of the general escape clause under the Stability and Growth Pact is only feasible once the EU fiscal rules have been thoroughly revised and adapted to the new circumstances;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to complement relevant scoreboards and dashboards with indicators that better reflect the impact of the EU budget as well as social, gender-related, macroeconomic and environmental impacts; underlines the importance of the implementation and integration of gender mainstreaming as a horizontal principle in all EU activities, policies and programmes; calls on the Commission to accelerate the introduction of an effective, transparent, comprehensive, result-oriented and performance-based methodology for all MFF programmes;
Amendment 51 #
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 implementingstrengthened public healthcare systems, pandemic and crisis prevention and preparedness, upward social and economic convergence, social and economic resilience, social justice and equality and to contribute to the full implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the European Pillar of Social Rights, the EU’s climate and biodiversity objectives, the just digital and green transformation and the Gender Equality Strategy;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses that taming the pandemic is a prerequisite for the social and economic recovery and for the effectiveness of the national recovery and resilience plans; welcomes the positive steps regarding the development of COVID-19 vaccines that has been significantly funded under the Emergency Support Instrument, but is very worried about the serious cases of non-compliance with production and delivery schedules; calls for COVID-19 vaccines to be treated in practice as public goods that are guaranteed for all; calls on the Commission to overcome the barriers and restrictions arising from patents and intellectual property rights in order to ensure the widespread production of vaccines and their timely distribution to all Member States and to all people;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reiterates the urgency of diversifying the EU budget’s revenue sources, in line with the roadmap integrated in the Interinstitutional Agreement, and of linking own resources with policy objectives more effectively; calls on the Member States to approve the OR decision without further delays;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to immediately apply the RoL Regulation completely and without ambiguity.;