# EMU@10: The first 10 years of Economic and Monetary Union and future challenges

European Parliament procedure 2008/2156(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 6th term, committee ECON / INTA). Stage: Procedure completed. 151 committee amendments tabled by 20 Members between 2008-07-22 and 2008-09-03.

## What the amendments focus on

This dossier reviews the first ten years of Economic and Monetary Union and future challenges. The amendments address euro-area expansion and Slovakia, the single currency and economic interdependence, the ECB's price-stability objective and inflation from energy and food prices, productivity and growth, the Stability and Growth Pact, coordination of economic, tax and monetary policy, the Lisbon Strategy, income and wealth distribution, and the euro's international role.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pervenche BERÈS | France | S&D | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1985.md |
| Werner LANGEN | Germany | PPE | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1928.md |
| Wolf KLINZ | Germany | ALDE | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28244.md |
| Heide RÜHLE | Germany | Verts/ALE | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4294.md |
| Alain LIPIETZ | France | Verts/ALE | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4384.md |
| Sahra WAGENKNECHT | Germany | GUE/NGL | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28250.md |
| Daniel DĂIANU | Romania | ALDE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/39716.md |
| Zsolt László BECSEY | Hungary | PPE-DE | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28138.md |
| Dariusz ROSATI | Poland | PPE | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28394.md |
| Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL | Germany | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1055.md |
| Udo BULLMANN | Germany | S&D | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4267.md |
| Olle SCHMIDT | Sweden | ALDE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4274.md |
| Elisa FERREIRA | Portugal | S&D | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28308.md |
| Alexander RADWAN | Germany | PPE-DE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4292.md |
| Jean-Pierre AUDY | France | PPE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/33775.md |

## Official source documents

- PE409.661: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-409.661+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE412.060: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-412.060+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2008-2156-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2008-2156-INI.json

---

Source: AmendEU (amendeu.com), built from Parltrack (ODbL), European Parliament Open Data ((c) European Union) and official Parliament documents. Aggregates CC BY 4.0.
Data refreshed: 2026-07-27. Human-readable version: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2008-2156-INI
When citing, attribute to "AmendEU (amendeu.com)".