6 Amendments of Nuno MELO related to 2014/2059(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the fact that the greening of EU economies contributes to long-term and crisis-resilient growth, increases competitiveness and creates jobs, while improving the Union’s energy security and energy independence; the green economy should be seen as a major driver for the development of the economy;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates the need to phase out environmentally harmful subsidies by 2020 and to shift taxes away from labour to more growth-friendly bases, such as environmental taxation; Stresses the importance of the impact on the European economy resulting from a taxation system more favorable to the investment and growth, through the change of the tax incidence on labour to resource use and consumption, as well the elimination of the existing incentives harmful to the environment.
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6 f. Stresses the importance of an effective and sustainable healthcare system for the patients and for the economy in general and ask to include specific knowledge on health policy in the process of the European Semester;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6 g. Stresses that investment in health is an essential element of the package of social investment (Towards Social Investment for Growth and Cohesion - including implementing the European Social Fund 2014-2020) adopted on 20th February 2013 by the European Commission; this approach results from the annual Growth Survey 2013, which recognizes the contribution of health to an economic recovery that leads to job creation;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 m (new)
Paragraph 6 m (new)
6 m. Strengthens the effective investment in health is an essential condition for economic prosperity and promoting growth, with results in terms of productivity, labour supply, human capital and public spending;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 o (new)
Paragraph 6 o (new)
6 o. Stresses the need to develop common tools and mechanisms at European level to tackle the shortage of human and financial resources and facilitate the adoption of innovation in health care, in order to contribute to the innovative and sustainable health systems.