4 Amendments of Michael THEURER related to 2013/2134(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
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2. Reiterates the importance of Cohesion Policy as the main investment instrument, at European level, playing a central role in combating the crisis and engaging the EU and its regions on a path of sustainable growth; Hence underlines the importance of securing adequate budgetary provisions and macroeconomic conditionality in the context of the MFF negotiations to the European Union Structural and Investment Funds, noting in particular their key share of investment in a range of areas such as employment, innovation, sustainable development and support to SMEs;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
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3. Is strongly concerned by the sharp downfall in public and private investment in the productive economy and especially at the local and regional level; Is of the opinion that decisive measures are needed to reform product and labour markets, adopt cautious wage policies and base the future growth model on innovation and shift production towards high value-added activities; Takes the view that a sustainable economic policy depends on very favourable conditions for business start-ups; Expresses its firm belief that the Structural and Investment Funds are essential in order to prevent and mitigate any shortfall in the aforementioned respects;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
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5. Welcomes the labour market reforms which were aimed at improving the resilience of the labour market, introducing more internal and external flexibility, reducing fragmentation and facilitating transition between jobs; Recalls however that further and more in-depth reforms are needed, notably to improve labour market mobility and especially youth mobility with a special focus on improving the professional opportunities of young people, in particular of those who face difficulties when entering the job market, to provide job-search assistance and to establish clear and transparent links between education and training in order to achieve a better match between skills and available jobs; acknowledges that dual training is eminently suited to the needs of the employment market and makes it easier for young people to find their first job;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
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7. Welcomes the diminishing number of Member States under the excessive deficit procedure and the fact that Member States are reducing their debts and consolidating their budgets; Strongly urges the Commission and the Member States to exploit all margins of flexibility inherent in the preventive arm of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) to balance productive public investment needs with fiscal discipline objectives, for example by excluding the aggregate volumes of national co-financing under the Structural and Investment Funds from the limits imposed by the Stability and Growth Pact, or by basing calculations for the purposes of the Pact on a Member State’s net cash requirements, as opposed to its gross requirements.