7 Amendments of Olle LUDVIGSSON related to 2017/2114(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the GDP growth rate for the euro area was 1.8 % in 2016 and is set to remain steady at 1.7 % in 2017 and at 1.9 % in the EU overall, surpassing pre- crisis levels while still being insufficientcertain Member States still struggle with high unemployment which requires higher growth in these economies to further foster job creation;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Agrees that the economic upswing needs to be supported by investment and notes that there is still an investment gap in the euro area; recognises, however, that in some Member States investments already exceed the pre-crisis level;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that a timely agreement in the ongoing negotiations on the revised European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) could help to improve the effectiveness of this instrument and to address shortcomings experienced in its implementation so farby ensuring real additionality as a criteria of the projects selected so that the EFSI addresses market failures or suboptimal investment situations, hence supporting investments that otherwise would not have been realized;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the fact that deficits in the euro area are projected to decline; is concerned, however, that this process is slowing down and agrees that government debt remains toohowever, it is a source of concern that the pace of declining government debt is slowing down while debt levels remain alarmingly high in some Member States;
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Takes note of the Commission’s recommendation to close the Excessive Deficit Procedures for several Member States; welcomes past and ongoing fiscal and reform efforts, yet insists that these efforts will need to continue toin a sustainable pace not to aggravate the economic difficulties of some Member States, while ensureing the durability of the correction of the excessive deficit;