Activities of Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI related to 2013/2194(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: annual growth survey 2014 - European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects - Single market governance (debate)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: annual growth survey 2014 - European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects - Single market governance (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT on Single Market governance within the European Semester 2014 PDF (203 KB) DOC (91 KB)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Appreciates the fact that the report on the state of the Single Market in 2014 contains a number of elements specifically relating to actions taken by individual Member States; considers nevertheless that the report still lacks any qualitative assessment of the effectiveness of measures taken, progress made and policy results actually achieved;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that country-specific recommendations issued in this process should take into account the progress made by each Member State and that the national arrangements for implementing Single Market legislation do not necessarily have to follow a one-size-fits-all approach, but should instead seek to enhance the effectiveness of measures taken and actual policy results achieved;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to present a detailed action plan of measures designed to achieve a fully integrated and interconnected Single Market in energy; highlights the need to provide consumers with transparent and comparable energy prices; takes the view that all utilities sectors must keep pace with progress in the energy sector, so as to ensure universal access and affordable prices for individual consumers, families and businesses;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that free movement of persons and workers across Europe is still not completed and that stronger measures are needed in order to remove the remaining obstacles and ensure the principle of equal treatment of workers; stresses the need for balanced development of the internal market, with full economic liberalisation being offset by the necessary social improvements, particularly with regard to workers' rights and conditions at the workplace;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Commission to submimake every effort to ensure that the remaining proposals announced in the Single Markets Acts, in particular the revision of the Transparency Directive, the introduction of a Common Consolidated Tax Base, the legislative proposal on common European rules of collective redress and the proposals facilitating long- term investment in the real economy, are approved and efficiently transposed and implemented; asks the Commission, furthermore, to implement the Modernised Customs Code by developing harmonised e-customs practices;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Believes that the regulation of financial services should provide for better information, enhanced protection and effective redress for consumers; stresses the need for a quick and positive conclusion of the work on legislative proposals on consumer and retail financial services market, in particular the Key Information Documents (KIDs) for packaged retail investment products, the comparability of fees related to payment accounts, payment account switching and access to payment accounts with basic features; takes the view that further proposals, such as a specific consumer insolvency regime to improve on the current fragmented and inadequate arrangements, should be brought forward in order to encourage the safe investment of private savings in the real economy;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses the need for swift approval and proper transposition of legislation on public procurement and concessions; takes the view that implementation of this reform provides major opportunity to modernize public administration, develop its strategic potential under the Europe 2020 strategy, particularly in social and environmental terms, and enhance the quality and efficiency of public spending in response to specific local and national government requirements; considers these to be the key factors in successfully implementing the rules concerning public procurement and concessions;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Believes that the new rules regarding professional qualifications are an important step towards enhancing the free movement of workers and professionals; considers that they must be applied and implemented without delay in a bid to achieve a high common standard of training and allow young people in particular to take advantage of opportunities offered by the professional card; believes at the same time that a reform of the regulated professions is necessary to give young people better access to these professions and create a more dynamic market that gives adequate guarantees to consumers;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes, however, that purely quantitative statistics on the implementation of Single Market legislation are not sufficient and that it is necessary to focus on the quality of how the legislation is implemented within the Member States based on specific key indicators for sectors of the single market developed at European level;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Member States to implement in full the measures provided for under the digital agenda and step up efforts towards the modernisation of public administrations – not least through the fast implementation of measures related to e- government, e-health, e-invoicing and e- procurement – with a view to providing more and better digital services for citizens and business across Europe and to reduce costs and enhance the efficiency of the public sector;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Welcomes the Single Market Months which brought together, between 23 September and 23 October, citizens across Europe, policy-makers, experts and EU leaders in the online debate and the accompanying national events to discuss the progress made so far, the challenges remaining and ideas for the future of the Single Market, and calls on the Commission to take good stock of the concerns and suggestions put forward by the participants; calls on the Commission to evaluate the format and the effectiveness of the 2013 exercise, including its ability to reach out to citizens, businesses and consumers, and provide them with a real opportunity to help shape the Single Market;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Shares the Commission concern regarding the fragmentation of taxation policies and measures within the Union which causes obstacles to the proper functioning of the Single Market, notably market distortions and unfair competition damaging both businesses and consumers and hampering fiscal consolidation; calls on the Commission to take appropriate and effective actions in this regard also with a view to push Member States to develop coordinated growth-friendly tax policies by shifting the tax burden away from labour on to tax bases linked to property and pollution;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to present a detailed action plan of measures designed to achieve a fully integrated and interconnected Single Market in energy; highlights the need to provide consumers with transparent and comparable energy prices; stresses the need of considerable investment in energy infrastructure;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stress the importance of a consistent implementation of the package of concrete proposals submitted by the Commission in order to develop and complete the digital single market, in particular with regard to universal access to internet and up-to-date and transparent consumer protection mechanisms; stresses the importance of targeted investments, notably for fixed and mobile broadband; calls for specific measures in order to overcome the persisting big differences between Member States in the prices of electronic communication which have a very negative impact on consumers and business; in the meantime, considers it fundamental to put in place a comprehensive and up-to-date cyber- security strategy;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Considers it essential to ensure a full and universal access to health services and recalls that Member States still have to put in place all necessary measures in order to help patients exercise their rights to cross-border healthcare;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Welcomes the fact that, among the priorities set by the Commission in the Annual Growth Survey 2014 and the Single Market integration report, the development of forms of alternative financing for SMEs ranks high; strongly supports the objective to develop specific bonds and dedicated stock exchange market for SMEs and calls on the Commission and Member States to effectively pursue this goal;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Underlines the relevance of the obstacles to the functioning of the Single market caused by the fragmentation of the retail financial market services, as highlighted by the Commission in the Single Market integration report, in particular in relation to highly diverging interest rates for bank loans which have a strong impact on consumers, households and SMEs; is convinced that these differences hamper effective access to finance and bring negative impact on the real economy; is concerned about the negative assessment of consumers in relation to the fragmentation and underperformance of retail financial services, notably with regard to bank accounts, mortgages, private pensions and securities;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Retains that the current magnitude of private debt seriously affects the Single Market potential for internal growth and constitutes a serious threat - at least as much as public debt - to resilience and competitiveness of European economy; believes that insolvency schemes and specific tools for substantial reduction and restructuring of private debt to be devised for consumers, households and SMEs are key instruments needed in order to relaunch internal demand and growth in the internal market;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Welcomes the report on "International Value Chains Intra- and Extra-EU" as a positive example in using specific indicators in order to assess Single Market integration with specific attention to the production systems' spread in the EU; underlines the link between intra- and extra-EU integration and stresses the need for a balanced relation which safeguards the EU economic production; highlights the importance of macroeconomic and industrial policies developing an intense intra-EU value chain with a view to spread highly productive and competitive production systems linking the services with the manufacturing and primary sectors from the core to the periphery of the EU economy by exploiting the specific potentials of all countries and regions;