13 Amendments of Inese VAIDERE related to 2020/2078(INI)
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas solidarity-based European response also means responsibility which requires a credible repayment plan to be presented before the adoption of the MFF and NGEU;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned at the remarkably negative impact of the COVID-19 crisispandemic on the globalEU’s economy, trade, incomeparticularly on SMEs, Single Market and its competitiveness, multilateralism, inequalities and poverty;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises that the EU faces the unprecedented challenge of mitigating the social and economic consequences of the historic recession and setting the course for a rapid economic recovery linked to a strengthening of the Single Market and SMEs, competitiveness, sustainable and just transition and digital transformation; is convinced that, for this, a significant increase in public and private investment compared to the 2010srivate and public investment is indispensable and that the increased level of economically viable investment must be stabilised for many years to come, while there is also a need for enhanced convergence in the EU;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the swift and strong response to the crisis in the area of monetary and fiscal policy, at both EU and Member State level, as well as the European Recovery Plan; considers it essential that the recovery package is fully aligned with the EU’s new growth strategy, i.e. in accordance with the principles of the European Green Deal (EGD), the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and with the aim to; demands that funds and resources be directed to projects and beneficiaries that spend the resources responsibly, effectively and for economically viable protject women’s rights and achieve gender equality; demands that funds and resources be directed to projects and beneficiaries thats, while enhancing ownership of the European Semester, under strict monitoring, comply with our Treaty- based fundamental values and that recipient firms from state aid or EU funds protect their workers, pay their fair share of taxes, and those firms benefiting from State aid or recovery funds, where applicable, refrain from paying out dividends or offering share buy- back schemes aimed at remunerating shareholders; particular attention need to be paid to empower women and promote gender equality;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes theNotes the temporary activation of the general escape clause ofunder the Stability and Growth Pact, and expects that it will remain activated at least until the end of 2021no longer then it is strictly necessary in order to support the efforts of the Member States to recover from the pandemic crisis and strengthen their competitiveness, economic and social resilience;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the conclusion of the European Fiscal Board (EFB)9 that the fiscal framework has to be revisewed, and is convinced that the deep economic crisis triggered by the pandemic further exacerbates this need; believes that the review and reform havehas to meet the above requirements in terms of increasing investment relating to recovery of EU’s economy, particularly in SMEs, Single Market and its competitiveness, climate change and digitalisation and stabilising the new level of investment, while ensuring sound budgetary management and re-starting building fiscal buffers in order to be able to respond effectively to any future challenges; _________________ 9EFB Annual report 2019, p. 71 - https:/ec.europa.eu/info/sites/infos/files/20 19-efb-annual-report_en.pdf
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is concerned about the significant but uneven negative impact of the COVID- 19 crisis on government deficit and private debt, which further aggravates the situation of Member States that are particularly affected by the pandemic and/or pre- existing high levels of government debt; calls for a solution that guarantees the sustainability of public debtle reduction of public debt, particularly in Member States which had high levels of public debt before the fallout of the pandemic;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers it essential that the revisionew of the EU’s fiscal and economic policy framework should be completed by the time, but no longer than underlying justification of the activation cease to exist, the escape clause is repealed and shoulddeactivated to enable fiscal policy to respond with discretion to future shocks in the short term, and to reduce; therefore reduction of Member States high public debt ratios to an agreed reference value in the long termpre-defined time, while ballowancing national budgets to leave a sufficient level of public investment, progressive tax policies and the repayment of loans in a cycle- comfortable manner and convergence, and the long-term modernisation of public commodities is very important;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. PropoWishes to sese a combination of expenditure rules for public non- inverapid EU’s recovery from the COVID-19 crisis by stmrent expenditure and a golden rule for public investment which is central to both; wishes to see a rapid recovery from the COVID-19 crisis andgthening the Single Market, competitiveness, cohesion, a transition to a cleaner, socially sustainable and more digital society;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the refocusimmediate attention of the European Semester Spring Package aimed at providing an immediate economic policy response to tackle and mitigate the health and socio-economic impact of COVID-19 and reboot economic activity; supports the Commission’s announcement of a reform of the European Semester to convert it into a tool to coordinate the recovery measures, fram, with particular attention to SMEs support; notes that the European Semester Spring Package proposed country-specific recommendations (CSRs) providing economic policy guidance to all EU Member States in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, focused byon the principles of the EGD, the EPSR and the SDGs; is convinced that this has to include the coordination of measures concerning state aid and tax policies; underlines the need for the intmost urgent challenges brought about by the pandemic and on relaunching sustainable growth and that recommendations are structured around two objectives: in the short-term, mitigating the coronavirus pandemic's severe negration of a new set of binding sustainability and wellbeing indicators and alternative measurements of growth performance; ve socio-economic consequences; and in the short to medium-term, achieving sustainable and inclusive growth which facilitates the green transition and the digital transformation; 1a _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscor ner/detail/en/ip_20_901
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission urgently to start work on the creation of dedicated coordination mechanism in the EU to ensure that Europe is able to become the first climate-neutral continent by 2050;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recognises the role that the Commission has allotted to the European Semester in the Recovery Plan; notes, however, that the effectiveness and success of the alignment of Member States’ investment and reform programmes to the Semester process will depend on the progress of the Semester reform and the above-mentioned reform of the Stability and Growth Pact; ownership by the Member States, more specifically, the implementation of the country-specific recommendations, therefore, calls on the Commission to communicate more proactively and better with the Member States and offer tailor- made solutions ahead of the customary adoption of the CSRs, especially now that the Recovery and Resilience Facility will be embedded into the semester, it is visible that the communication has to be improved as EU Member States made at least some progress on only 40% (37 out of 93) of recommendations under the 2019 European Semester; 1a _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/ATAG/2020/624400/IPOL_ATA(2 020)624400_EN.pdf