Activities of Jürgen CREUTZMANN related to 2011/2071(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the European Semester for Economic Policy Coordination
Amendments (7)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the European Council and the Commission to focus more, within the European Semester, on the Single Market which constitutes the economic pillar of the EU; stresses that the Single Market must be at the heart of a European Economic Governance focused on the aim of fostering growth, employment and social cohesion by overcoming internal imbalances and producing convergboosting competitiveness dynamics;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the fact that ‘tapping the potential of the Single Market’ is listed in the 2011 Annual Growth Survey as one of ten objectives needing to be implemented by 2012;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Calls on the Commission to include in the 2012 Annual Growth Survey the 12 priority measures of the Single Market Act which are due for adoption by the end of 2012;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Calls on the Member States to carry out further reforms in the services sector in line with the Commission’s recommendations, in particular by removing unjustified restrictions on professional services, retailing and network industries, and to improve the business environment by reducing red tape and increasing transparency in the award of public procurement contracts;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1 e. Calls on the Commission to draw the attention of Member States which are found in the evaluation of their National Reform Programmes not to be making optimum use of EU funding to the specific areas in which there is still untapped potential;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Council and the Commission to broaden the scope of the European Semester using instruments such as the Internal Market Scoreboard and the suggested actions contained in the Single Market Actmmission to link the European Semester still more systematically to current EU initiatives such as the Internal Market Scoreboard and the Single Market Act, so as to take the completion of the Single Market fully into consideration and to secure the coherence of European economic policy;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase support for SMEs which form the backbone of the Single Market economy in accordance with the findings of the Annual Growth Survey, in particular by the full implementation of the Small Business Act.