4 Amendments of Jean-Paul DENANOT related to 2015/2285(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
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2. Takes the view that the EU has no economic policy other than the sum of national policies, as is reflected in the fact that no strategy exists for a number of strategic sector-specific policies, such as industrial economic policy; deplores the fact that there is no lever available –, given the modest scale of the European budget –, that it is impossible to modify the own- resources system, and that economic forecasts, economic policy priorities, and the annual and multi-annual budget- making process do not stand in any form of coherent relationship;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the European budget helps directly to achieve two out of the three objectives charted in the Annual Growth Survey 2016 (relaunching investment, pursuing structural reforms, and implementing responsible and honest fiscal policies that are commensurate with stated political commitments); welcomes the Commission’s proposal to channel European funding towards technical assistance to support structural reforms;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the European budget could both relieve the strain on national budgets and bolster fiscal consolidation and growth efforts by providing own resources as well as rationalising expenditure; firmly believes that wider ranging management of public money at EU level would make it possible to achieve economies of scale and hence cut spending, especially in the diplomatic and military fields, while not calling into question the principle of shared management, particularly for the structural funds;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
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5. Urges that the euro area have its own budget in order to counteract asymmetric shocks and reward reform efforts; believes the European Stability Mechanism to be a prototype of such a tool; callsstresses that greater integration within the euro area is indispensable in order to achieve economic and monetary union, and that budgetary union is one of the essential cornerstones for the proper operation of the euro; calls, to that end, for budgetary policy and monetary policy to be brought into a policy mix to boost growth and job creation.