11 Amendments of Esther DE LANGE related to 2017/2226(INI)
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights, however, the persistent structural problem of insufficient growth of potential output and, productivity and competitiveness, flanked by too low a level of investments and wages, leading to persistent social inequalities;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of a wage increase at European levelat there could be room for wage increases in certain sectors and areas, provided that these are in line with productivity growth, in order to boost private consumption as the mainnd to support foreconomic growth; points out the need to focus on the interaction between monetary, fiscal and incomes (including wage and profit development) policies rather than only fiscal issues;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the improvements in public finances, in particular the gradually declining debt/ to GDP ratios for the EU and euro area and falling headline budget deficits, while emphasising that the gross debt to GDP ratio within the euro area still hovers around 90% and with several Member States being well above that level; recalls that, while many Member States have limited fiscal leeway for implementing sustainable, growth-friendly structural reforms, some Member States still have large surpluses which shcould be used to sustain investments and growth across the EU;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that the objectives of the European Semester and the Country- Specific Recommendations should achieveare of a different nature than the objectives set out in the Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Insists on the need to developpay attention within the European semester a comprehensive strategy to support investment that enhances environmental sustainabilityto the sustainability of investments; calls on the Commission, in this respect, to demonstrate how its statement that ‘the SDGs are now fully integrated in the Semester’ (Commission communication of 22 May 2017, COM(2017)0500) is reflected in Annual Growth Survey 2018 and will be reflected in the subsequent Semester process;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets thatNotes the overall neutral fiscal stance proposed in the recommendations for the euro area, even though the fiscal stance is expected to be slightly expansionary in a number of Member States in 2018, does not appear to fully support the strengthening of economic growth and job creationsupporting economic growth and job creation while avoiding increased levels of debt;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt adequate measures to help refugees settle and integrate and to anticipate at an early stage the requirements for facilitating their smooth transition to the labour market, as well as ensuring that public services are provided with sufficient resources; stresses that social partners should play a key role in facilitating the integration of migrants and preventing them from suffering from labour abuse;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that the tools available are not yet equal to the task ofnd rules in place, if and when implemented, are a good basis but can never fully addressing the EU’s cyclical and structural problems, as this is a joint national and European effort, in particular the need to strengthen inclusive growth and productivity, to boost job creation, promote convergence, support sustainable investments and enhance resilience to shocks;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that a fiscal capacity – on top of existing capacities, and not through redeployments that wEuropean Investment Protection Scheme could, undermine the vital role currently played by structural funds and cohesion policy –right conditions, represents a necessary tool for increasing incentives for convergence and to counter asymmetric or n important tool to counter asymmetric economic shocks;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the completion of the Banking Union, including a credible, effective and proportionate European deposit- insurance scheme and athe set-up of common fiscal backstop to the SRF, which should be fiscally neutral over the medium-term; stresses that risk sharing and risk reduction need to go hand-in- hand;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Highlights the importance of an improved European Semester process, including the formalisation ofattention to be paid to the euro area aggregate fiscal stance as a key tool for policy formulation and implementation across the EMU; calls for a broader reform of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) in order to improvnd including a closer link between the use of the structural funds and compliance wits flexibility, to incorporate the differentiated treatment of investments and to introduce the concept of aggregate fiscal stance;h the Country Specific Recommendations and the criteria set out in the Stability and Growth Pact;.