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Activities of Sylvie GOULARD related to 2011/2071(INI)

Shadow reports (1)

2016/11/22
Committee: ECON
Dossiers: 2011/2071(INI)
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Amendments (44)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the improved economic governance framework should rely on several inter-linked policies for sustainable growth and jobs, which need to be coherent with each other, in particular a Union strategy for growth and jobs (EU2020 strategy), with particular focus upon development and strengthening of the internal market, fostering international trade and competitiveness, an effective framework for preventing and correcting excessive government deficit (the Stability and Growth Pact), a robust framework for preventing and correcting macro- economic imbalances, minimum requirements for national budgetary frameworks, enhanced financial market regulation and supervision including macro-prudential supervision by the European Systemic Risk Board,

2011/07/15
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas the experience gained and mistakes made during the first decade of functioning of the economic and monetary union show a need for improved economic governance in the Union, which should be built on stronger national ownership of commonly agreed rules and policies and on a more robust surveillance framework at Union level of national economic policies,

2011/07/15
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the effectiveness of national economic policies, on the basis of closer coordination, depends on the democratic legitimacy of those policies at, which in turn depends on the intervention of parliament~~ary level~~s,

2011/07/15
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

~~D. whereas the European Semester is prompting a review of the mechanisms for parliamentary scrutiny of the Commission and the Council,~~deleted

2011/07/15
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas a purely intergovernmental coordination system would be an inadequate ~~in those areas requiring coordinated action by the Union,~~ response to the requirements of Article 121 TFEU, which states that the Member States shall regard their economic policies as a matter of common concern,

2011/07/15
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the introduction of the European Semester will ~~lead to changes in the work~~contribute to the increased, well-defined involvement of national parliaments,

2011/07/15
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the Commission has not detailed its vision for the European Semester, and to date has not taken on board the need to confer democratic legitimacy on this new process, inter alia by involving Parliament more fully,deleted

2011/07/15
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

~~H. whereas, given the experience it has gained in the area of monetary dialogue, Parliament should help to develop and oversee economic policies and budgetary surveillance,~~deleted

2011/07/15
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the European Semester is now the annual framework for the implementation and assessment of ~~the Europe 2020 strategy,~~ the broad economic policy guidelines and the employment guidelines; emphasises~~, however, that it must not replace these instruments, which are enshrined in the Treaty, or diminish their importance; call~~ that the European Semester takes place without prejudice to the powers onf the ~~Commission to clarify and explain how these different instruments fit together~~European Parliament conferred on it by the TFEU;

2011/07/15
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. CRecalls ~~for the adoption, via the ordinary legislative procedure, of specific legislation or of an interinstitutional agreement in order to ensure the democratic legitimacy and effectiveness of~~that, in its vote on 19 April 2011 on the economic governance package, the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs included legislative provisions specific to the European Semester;

2011/07/15
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission to draft the Annual Growth Survey as a document subject to parliamentary negotiation and amendment, inter alia by drawing a distinction between political and technical developments;deleted

2011/07/15
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Intends to organise, ~~prior to the Spring European Council each yea~~during the European Semester, an interparliamentary forum at the European Parliament for members of the competent national parliamentary committees responsible for the European Semester; proposes that this forum include meetings of the political groups and the relevant committees, along with a plenary sitting affording an opportunity to adopt a joint resolution in preparation for the Spring European Council; instructs its President to represent it at the Spring European Council on the basis of the resolution thus adopted;

2011/07/15
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission to work with the Member States to enhance the comparability of national budget expenditure items by incorporating them into a common nomenclature making it possible to assess the extent to which they contribute toNotes the work being done on the requirements applicable to the budgetary frameworks of the Member States (Ford report) and considers that these should enable national expenditure on the Europe 2020 targets to be identified;

2011/07/15
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

~~20. Calls on the Commission to come and present its recommendations once the analysis of the NRPs and SCPs has been comp~~deleted;

2011/07/15
Committee: ECON

Sven GIEGOLD, Martin KASTLER, Peter LIESE, Sophie AUCONIE, Damien ABAD, Philippe LAMBERTS, Sylvie GOULARD, Herbert DORFMANN, Thomas MANN, Jürgen KLUTE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Is concerned that draft recommendations to member states under the European Semester contained to undermine the specific regulation of holidays and Sundays; asks the Commission and the Council to respect and support these achievements, especially for the work-family balance;

2011/07/15
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the Council to come to Parliament in July each year, or in September in the case of election years, to justify any significant changes it has made to the Commission’s proposed recommendations;deleted

2011/07/15
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 a (new)

Scope of the European Semester

2011/07/15
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. The European Semester involves: (a) the formulation and surveillance of the implementation of the broad guidelines of the economic policies of the Member States and of the Union (Broad Economic Policy Guidelines) in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU; (b) the formulation and examination of the implementation of the employment guidelines that must be taken into account by Member States in accordance with Article 148(2) TFEU (Employment Guidelines); (c) the submission and assessment of the Member States’ Stability and Convergence Programmes in line with the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 on the strengthening of the surveillance of budgetary positions and the surveillance and coordination of economic policies; (d) the submission and assessment of the Member States’ National Reform Programmes supporting the EU growth and employment strategy and drawn up in line with the guidelines set out in the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 on the strengthening of the surveillance of budgetary positions and the surveillance and coordination of economic policies and with the general recommendations to Member States issued by the Commission and the European Council at the beginning of the annual cycle of surveillance; (e) the surveillance to prevent and correct macroeconomic imbalances under Regulation (EU) No .../2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of … (7) on the prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances*. In the course of the European Semester, in order to provide timely and integrated policy advice on macro-fiscal and macro- structural policy intentions, the Council shall, following the assessment of these Programmes on the basis of recommendations by the Commission, address guidance to the Member States making full use of the legal instruments provided under Articles 121 and 148 TFEU, the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 on the strengthening of the surveillance of budgetary positions and the surveillance and coordination of economic policies and Regulation (EU) No .../2011 + [on the prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances]. The Member States shall take due account of the guidance addressed to them in the development of their economic, employment and budgetary policies before taking key decisions on the national budgets for the following years. The Commission shall monitor developments in the situation. Failure by a Member State to act upon the guidance received may result in: (a) further recommendations to take specific measures; (b) a warning by the Commission pursuant to Article 121(4) TFEU; (c) measures under the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 on the strengthening of the surveillance of budgetary positions and the surveillance and coordination of economic policies, Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 and Regulation (EU) No …/2011 [on the prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances] Implementation of these measures will be subject to reinforced monitoring by the Commission and may include surveillance missions under the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 on the strengthening of the surveillance of budgetary positions and the surveillance and coordination of economic policies. Without overstepping its powers, the European Parliament is duly involved in the European Semester in order to increase transparency, ownership and accountability of the decisions taken, in particular by means of the economic dialogue carried out pursuant to the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 on the strengthening of the surveillance of budgetary positions and the surveillance and coordination of economic policies; the Economic and Financial Committee, the Economic Policy Committee, the Employment Committee and the Social Protection Committee are consulted within the framework of the Semester where appropriate. Relevant stakeholders, in particular the social partners, are involved within the framework of the European Semester on the main policy issues where appropriate, in accordance with the provisions of the TFEU and national legal and political arrangements. The President of the Council and the Commission, in accordance with Article 121 TFEU, and where appropriate the President of the Eurogroup, shall report annually to the European Parliament and the European Council on the results of the multilateral surveillance;

2011/07/15
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)

22b. Considers that under the European Semester the policy surveillance and coordination cycle starts early in the year with a horizontal review under which the European Council, based on input from the Commission and the Council, identifies the main challenges facing the Union and the euro area and gives strategic guidance on policies; discussion will also take place in the European Parliament at the beginning of the annual cycle of surveillance in due time before the discussion takes place in the European Council; the Member States are expected to take into account the horizontal guidance of the European Council when preparing their Stability or Convergence Programmes and National Reform Programmes;

2011/07/15
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)

22c. Considers that, in line with the legal and political arrangements of each Member State, national parliaments should be duly involved in the European Semester and in the preparation of Stability Programmes, Convergence Programmes and National Reform Programmes in order to increase the transparency, ownership and accountability of the decisions taken; the Economic and Financial Committee, the Economic Policy Committee, the Employment Committee and the Social Protection Committee are consulted within the framework of the Semester where appropriate; relevant stakeholders, in particular the social partners, will be involved within the framework of the European Semester on the main policy issues where appropriate, in accordance with the provisions of the TFEU and national legal and political systems;

2011/07/15
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Asks to be allowed to participate in the macroeconomic dialogue~~, which must be stepped up and made~~ at the ECOFIN Council, in cooperation with the Council of Ministers of Employment and Social Affairs and with the participation of representatives of the two configurations of the Council, of the Commission, of the Central European Bank and the social partners, set up following the Cologne European Council of 3 and 4 June 1999 for the ‘appropriate exchange of information and opinions on the way in which macroeconomic policy should be drawn up in order to increase and fully exploit the opportunities for growth and employment’, and considers that this dialogue must be reinforced, codified and more interactive;

2011/07/15
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Underlines the role of the economic dialogue proposed by the European Parliament in the economic governance package, which consists of enabling a public debate to be held in the European Parliament on surveillance procedures (the Stability and Growth Pact and macro-economic imbalances); recalls that, when the Commission makes its studies public, one or more of the ministers of economics and finance involved might respond, thereby initiating a debate across borders and enabling peer pressure, which the current provisions have failed to make possible;

2011/07/15
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Underlines that the codification of the European Semester must nevertheless permit the flexibility necessary for possible adaptation in the light of the lessons learnt from the initial experience; in its assessment and adaptation work, the Commission will focus in particular on the possible need for a framework more closely fashioned to the euro area;

2011/07/15
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Whereas beside the adoption of the six texts related to the growth and stability pact, the excessive imbalances procedure and the requirements on the budgetary framework of the Member States, the Presidents of the European Council and of the Commission have announced their intention to table new proposals;

2011/10/10
Committee: ECON

Sylvie GOULARD, Philippe DE BACKER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that the introduction of the ‘European Semester’ and enhanced fiscal policy coordination should leave enough scope and flexibility to the EU Member States to pursue ~~an effective alternative counter-cyclical strategy and stability policy, geared to distribution and development and providing an adequate level of public services and infrastructure for EU citizens~~the policies they believe appropriate in accordance with the EU 2020 strategy;

2011/10/10
Committee: ECON

Sylvie GOULARD, Philippe DE BACKER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Emphasises that steps needed to improve the European economic governance capacity should not lead to any deficit in democratic legitimacy and accountability; ~~warns, therefore, against a set-up of the Annual Growth Survey as a bureaucratic act which lacks the approval of the European Parliament~~believes that the European parliament should therefore hold a debate and give its opinion after the publication of the Annual Growth Survey by the Commission;

2011/10/10
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

~~13. Request that the AGS be transformed into "Annual Sustainability Guidelines”(ASG);~~deleted

2011/10/10
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Commission, when drawing up the Annual ~~Sustainability Guidelines, to draw upon heterodox~~Growth Survey, to draw upon a wide range of scientific expertise to the greatest extent possible and to take relevant recommendations of the European Parliament into account;

2011/10/10
Committee: ECON

Sylvie GOULARD, Philippe DE BACKER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure ~~an equal treatment~~the full implementation of 2020 targets and flagship initiatives in their guidance and recommendations addressed to each Member State and the EU as a whole;

2011/10/10
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Commission to work with the Member States to enhance the comparability of National Reform Programmes and of national budget expenditure items by incorporating them into a common nomenclature making it possible to assess the extent to which they contribute to the Europe 2020 targets and the implementation of the seven flagship initiatives notably through the implementation of the directive of the Council on requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States (Ford report);

2011/10/10
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the Commission to come and present its recommendations to the European Parliament at an appropriate time, once the analysis of the NRPs and SCPs has been completed and to highlight the potential cross-border spill-over effects in view of the foreseen interparliamentary foruma and the discussions in the Council on the country-specific recommendations;

2011/10/10
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Takes note that the EP has not adapted its structure and working method to the evolution brought by the Lisbon treaty regarding the new role and powers of the President of the European Council and the Eurogroup; the Economic dialogue will be one of the answers;

2011/10/10
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Proposes the setting-up of a sub- committee on the Economic and Monetary Union within its ECON committee where only euro area members would vote and other members could attend as observers;

2011/10/10
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

~~31. Asks for the ASO to be subject to a vote with co-decision powers for the European Parliament before the Spring Council;~~deleted

2011/10/10
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Intends to organise, from 2013, prior to the Spring European Council each year, an interparliamentary forum at the European Parliament for members of the competent national parliamentary committees, recommends that this meeting be an integrated part of the annual meeting organised by the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee for members of national parliaments; proposes that this forum include meetings of the political groups and the relevant committees, along with a plenary sitting affording an opportunity to adopt a joint resolution in preparation for the Spring European Council; instructs its President to represent it at the European Spring Council on the basis of the resolution thus adopted; invites the European social partners to participate in this meeting and provide their views;deleted

2011/10/10
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Intends to organise, from 2013 following the Spring European Council, a second interparliamentary meeting bringing together the Chairs of the committees responsible for the European Semester within national parliaments and the European Parliament (ECON, EMPL, BUDG) to discuss the Commission’s proposed recommendations;deleted

2011/10/10
Committee: ECON

Sylvie GOULARD, Philippe DE BACKER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Underlines the role of the economic dialogue with the European Parliament adopted with the economic governance package, which consists of enabling ~~the Commission to make its analyses public and for the President of the Council, the Commiss~~a dialogue between the European institutions and, where appropriate, the President of the European Council or the President of the Eurogroup to discuss on surveillance procedures (the Stability and Growth Pact and macro-economic imbalances); recalls that, when the Commission makes its studies public, one or more of the ministers of economics and finance involved might respond, thereby initiating a debate across borders and enabling peer pressure, which the current provisions have failed to make possibles well as with the national level to initiate a cross-border and public debate, increase the transparency and enable peer pressure; the relevant committee of the EP may invite the President of the Commission, of the Eurogroup and of the European Council and offer the opportunity to a Member State concerned by decisions in the EDP and/or EIP to participate in an exchange of views;

2011/10/10
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Wishes an economic dialogue to be held at Parliament with the heads of state or government of those Member States intending to make use of the European financial Stability Facility and Mechanism as well as the European Stability Mechanism, before the latter is activated; underlines, in light of the role the EFSF and the ESM are supposed to play, the need for the EP to conduct a hearing with their managing staff; urges the Council and the Commission to ensure the consistency of economic conditionality and adjustment programmes in the framework of any rescue programme with Union's overarching objectives of social and sustainable development and in particular employment and economic policy guidelines as well as EU 2020 objectives; asks to include recommendations addressed in the framework of the EU Semester to Member States under financial assistance to take account explicitly of these consistency requirements;

2011/10/10
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Intends to conduct an audit of the Union's macroeconomic situation in the autumn, having recourse to ~~heterodox and~~a wide range of expertise, including international external independent advice, and in consultation with the social partners, in order to foster debate and obtain a second opinion on economic issues in preparation for its discussions with the Commission prior to the drafting of the Annual Growth Survey;

2011/10/10
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. Calls on the European Council to invite the President of the European Parliament to participate in its meetings on the European Semester; the President of the European Parliament will before hand liaise with the relevant committee;

2011/10/10
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Calls for Member States to ensure the professional independence of national statistical authorities in line with the provisions laid down in the governance package and to warrant compliance with the European statistics code of practice as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 in order to ensure the transmission of high quality statistics to the Commission for assessment during the European Semester;

2011/10/10
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)

47 a. Considers of major importance to include in the constant dialogue between European Institutions the involvement of the European Central Bank;

2011/10/10
Committee: ECON

Sylvie GOULARD, Philippe DE BACKER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

48. Calls for the development of the concept of a European Treasury to strengthen the implementation capacity of the European semester and the economic pillar of EMU; the future institutional developments should be made taking into account the evolution of the EFSF and the ESM;

2011/10/10
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49

49. Underlines that the policy guidance to Member States partly concerns policy areas like wages and pensions that in line with Article 153 of the TFEU fall under the competences of Member States and social partners; emphasizes that democratic accountability needs to be ensured and the principles of ~~subsidiarity and~~ social dialogue to be respected in order to preserve the policy space required for National implementation;

2011/10/10
Committee: ECON