7 Amendments of Jutta STEINRUCK related to 2014/2157(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the social situation, especially in countries hit by the crisis, has deteriorated sharply and that, since the onset of the crisis, social inequalities have risen in two thirds of Member States; warns that the whole of Europe is in danger of being thrown into recession by the skewed austerity measures and by political crises;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the slightly positive rate of job creation in some Member States in the fourth quarter of 2013 and the increase in compensation per employee in almost all non-euro area Member States; notes, however, that the low-wage sector and precarious employment are expanding;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Agrees with the ECB’s recommendation that growth-friendly fiscal consolidation over the medium term should ensure compliance with the fiscal compact, while at the same time and points out that an increase in public and private investment would boosting potential growth and generatinge employment opportunities;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Believes that more focus on growth and public investment (such as the 300 billion investment package proposed by the Commission's President Jean Claude Juncker) would be complementary of the ECB's policy efforts to increase employment and growth in Europe;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Strongly believes that any increased flexibility brought about by these reforms should be accompanied by a comparable increase in workers' rights;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Recalls ECB's dual-target mandate on monetary policy as recognized in Treaties is not only to safeguard price stability (article 2 of the Statute of the ECB) but also to pursue the promotion of sustainable economic and social progress and full employment (article 3 of the Maastricht Treaty);