8 Amendments of Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU related to 2013/2076(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, according to the same forecast, unemployment in the eurozone rose from 10.2 % at the end of 2011 to 11.4 % at the end of 2012, with major differences being observed between eurozone countries where the unemployment figures vary between 4.3% and 25%, the percentages being even higher in respect of youth unemployment;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in 2012 the ECB reduced interest rates once, in July (25 basis point), reducing them further to a historic low of 0.50% in May 2013;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is deeply concerned at the fact that persistently weak economic conditions are becoming the norm in Europe, creating overwhelming discontent among European citizens and uncertainty regarding investors, therefore jeopardising the whole European project;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that, in addressing the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs on 8 July 2013, the ECB President announced that key ECB interest rates were expected to remain at current or lower levels for an extended period based on limited medium-term inflation estimates and the need to underpin the real economy;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the availability of the ECB to provide further support to the financial and banking system must be properly subject to conditionality, in particular the commitment by institutions benefiting from such support to increase levels of credit to the real economy, to small and medium-sized enterprises and to households, without which such efforts would prove to be ineffective;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Invites the ECB to pay more attention to the contractionary effects on GDP, employment and social welfare created by austerity policies carried out by national governments in the framework of Economic Assistance Programmes involving the ECB; asks the ECB to ensure that its contribution to the assessment by the Troika of progress in implementing the fiscal alignment programmes helps strike an optimum balance between growth, fiscal alignment and reform;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines that the ECB’s independence should not justify lack ofbe accompanied by adequate democratic accountability;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Considers it urgent to approve the establishment of a European Resolution System in ordercluding measures to protect depositors and prevent further banking crises, as well as creating a single banking area;