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Recommendation for a Council Recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area

Adottati on 22/02/2017
Referenza: 
ECO/423-EESC-2016-05954-00-01-ac-tra
Referral: 
COM(2016) 726 final COM(2016) 727 final COM(2016) 727 final
Rapporteur: 
Javier DOZ ORRIT (Workers - GR II / Spain)
Co-rapporteur: 
Petr ZAHRADNÍK (Czech Republic)

The EESC appreciates the European Commission's effort to apply an economic policy that focuses on supporting the strong, sustainable, balanced and inclusive growth of the euro area as well as a balanced mix of monetary, fiscal and structural instruments in order to achieve this, including a positive fiscal stance.

Opinjoni tal-KESE: Recommendation for a Council Recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area

Economic policy of the euro area

Adottati on 16/03/2016
Referenza: 
ECO/397-EESC-2015-06712-00-01-ac-tra
Referral: 
COM(2015) 692 final
Rapporteur: 
Michael IKRATH (Austria)
Co-rapporteur: 
Anne DEMELENNE (Belgium)

The EESC welcomes the establishment of economic priority programmes for the euro area at the start of the European Semester. To achieve a recovery of growth and employment a mix of financial, taxation, budgetary, economic and social policies is needed. In contrast to the recommendation of the Commission, the focus of fiscal policy should be designed to be more expansionist than neutral. The EESC advocates the reduction of taxation on labour insofar as it does not threaten the financial sustainability of social protection systems. The EESC calls for a coordinated effort to create a more business-friendly environment for SMEs through better regulation, adequate financing and facilitation of exports to markets outside the EU. There is a particular need to open up new funding opportunities for micro-enterprises and start-ups.

Opinjoni tal-KESE: Economic policy of the euro area

Economic policies of the Member States whose currency is the euro

Adottati on 13/02/2013
Referenza: 
ECO/336-EESC-2012-1932
Referral: 
COM(2012) 301 final
Rapporteur: 
Thomas DELAPINA (Workers - GR II / Austria)
Sessjoni plenarja: 
487 -
Feb 13, 2013 Feb 14, 2013

The EESC welcomes the establishment of broad economic policy guidelines for the countries of the euro area and supports the formulation of recommendations tailored to each country as well as measures to assess their implementation. However, the Committee regards the current macroeconomic policy mix as unbalanced and calls for a new growth model which takes into account the significance of demand and distributive justice. Stricter regulation of financial markets should be accompanied by a general re-think not only of expenditure, but also of tax systems. Policies should capitalise more on the fact that the negative income and employment multipliers of revenue-related measures are generally more limited than those of spending cuts. The importance for competitiveness of non–price factors is often overlooked.

Economic policies of the Member States whose currency is the euro

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