4 Amendments of Danuta Maria HÜBNER related to 2016/2101(INI)
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4a (new)
Paragraph 4a (new)
4a. Stresses the need to reduce economic disparities between Member States and to achieve convergence; underlines that an EU-wide vision is necessary in order to properly coordinate national efforts towards convergence; welcomes in this regard the decision of the Commission to establish an advisory European Fiscal Board and to entrust it, inter alia, with advising the Commission on the prospective fiscal stance appropriate for the euro area as a whole, as this body could be in a position to have such EU-wide prospective; looks forward to the concrete setting up of the European Fiscal Board and calls for fully exploiting its potential;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the Commission’s recommendation for three Member States to exit the Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP); agrees with the Commission that large and consistent current account surpluses reflect a clear need to stimulate demand and investment, in particular long term investment, in order to cope with the challenges of the future regarding transport and communications, the digital economy, education and research, climate change, energy, environmental protection and the ageing population; calls on the Commission to continue to support budgetary policies that underpin growth and recovery in all Member States and support sustainable structural reforms;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that further measures are needed to reduce non-performing loans (NPL) in the euro area and toin order to make bank balance sheets sounder and thereby increase the ability of banks to lend to the real economy, notably to SMEs; welcomes therefore the recommendations addressed to a number of countries on this issue; agrees with the Commission that more effective insolvency frameworks may help to speed up the resolution of such bad loans;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13a (new)
Paragraph 13a (new)
13a. Highlights the importance of innovation in order to foster productivity, create steady sustainable growth and help addressing current structural challenges; insists therefore on the need for well- designed policies to promote innovation and research and development in order to close the innovation gap with other economies without the systems established and policies implemented being vulnerable or conducive to abuses or misuses;