12 Amendments of Enikő GYŐRI related to 2024/2112(INI)
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that, in the last few years, the EU has demonstrated a high degree of resilience in the face of major shocks, among other factors, thanks to a coordinated policy response; further recalls that promoting sustainable growth in a sustained manner means promoting responsible fiscal policies, structural reforms and investments that increase productivity and boost competitiveness;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that overcoming competitive and geopolitical challenges will require the transfer of expenditure to the EU level in certain policy areas related to European public goods to increase the efficiency of overall public expenditure; welcomes the Union’s commitment tcan be best addressed by respecting Member States’ competences; believes that - based on the principle of subsidiarity - Member States have the best understanding on the challenges they are facing; welcomes at the same time the Union’s commitment to boosting its competitiveness while also increasing its spending efficiency and investments in overall defence capabilities to match its needs in the context of rising threats and security challenges;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the fact that a consistent and comprehensive industrial policy is vital to increase investments in the EU’s innovation capacity, while preserv-enforcing competitiveness and preserving the integrity of the single market; calls on the Commission to come up with initiatives, based on the Budapest Declaration, in order to put the EU economy back on the high growth track;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. NoteExpresses its concerns that, according to the Commission’s autumn 2024 economic forecast, EU GDP is expected to grow only by 0.9 % (0.8 % in the euro area) in 2024 and by 1.5 % (1.3 % in the euro area) in 2025; notes that the economic outlook for the EU remains highly uncertain, with risks largely tilted to the upside;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets the factNotes that eight Member States have excessive deficits and welcomes remedial action; recalls the importance of equal treatment of the Member States in this regard;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Welcomes that the new fiscal rules focus on reducing Member States' indebtedness by keeping the 60% debt and 3% deficit targets and that applying objective, numerical values for reaching these targets as a secondary objective;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Recalls that the original objective of the European Semester was the coordination of budgetary and economic policies across the Union, thereby safeguarding its macroeconomic stability and ensuring sound public finances in all Member States;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Expresses its concerns that the economic governance framework as a whole has lost its focus on economic policy; regrets the fact that over the years, including the latest reform of the framework, the European Semester has become an overly complex set of rules interfering in Member State's competences and putting the earlier established level playing field under severe strain;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10 c. Notes that according to the new rules the European Parliament may invite Member States under an Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP) to participate in an exchange of views; believes that it should not oversee and question Member States’ budgetary plans; reminds that this is a clear and sole competence of national parliaments;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that 18 Member States have proposed deviations from the expenditure path determined by the Commission, resulting, in some cases, in higher average expenditure growth; laments the fact that these deviations are justified on the basis of significant discrepancies between Member States’ economic assumptions and those of the Commission; calls on the Commission to ensure - through appropriate dialogue with the Member States while respecting their competencies - that economic arguments underpinning the new paths proposed by Member States are sound and data-driven; regrets that Member States are delaying their fiscal adjustments to the end of the period, coinciding with slower GDP growth; calls on the Commission to prevent procyclical policies;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. LamentNotes the fact that the rate of ‘fully implemented’ country-specific recommendations (CSRs) has dropped from 18.1 % (in the period 2011-2018) to 13.9 % (in the period 2019-2023); underlines that the implementation rate could be higher if the Commission ensured Member States’ ownership during the Semester procedure;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Reiterates in this regard that Country-Specific Recommendations (CSRs) should be better focused by preserving the macroeconomic character and should always remain within the remit of EU competences and should never use double standards;