# Economic policies of the euro area

European Parliament procedure 2017/2114(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 8th term, committee ECON / EMPL / REGI). Stage: Procedure completed. 648 committee amendments tabled by 78 Members between 2017-07-10 and 2017-09-26.

## What the amendments focus on

This own-initiative report concerns the economic policies of the euro area. The amendments revise recitals citing euro-area and EU GDP growth, unemployment and government debt and deficit figures, and debate structural reforms, public investment, fiscal efforts, the Economic and Monetary Union and upward convergence, with some texts calling for expansionary fiscal policy and others for a eurozone exit mechanism.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro SILVA PEREIRA | Portugal | S&D | 56 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124747.md |
| Maria ARENA | Belgium | S&D | 47 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124936.md |
| Joachim SCHUSTER | Germany | S&D | 47 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124837.md |
| Evelyn REGNER | Austria | S&D | 47 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96998.md |
| Jutta STEINRUCK | Germany | S&D | 47 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96831.md |
| Elena GENTILE | Italy | S&D | 44 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124847.md |
| Brando BENIFEI | Italy | S&D | 43 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124867.md |
| Ernest URTASUN | Spain | Verts/ALE | 34 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124972.md |
| Marco VALLI | Italy | EFDD | 31 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124778.md |
| Jonás FERNÁNDEZ | Spain | S&D | 29 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125046.md |
| Marco ZANNI | Italy | ID | 26 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124780.md |
| Roberts ZĪLE | Latvia | ECR | 26 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28615.md |
| Tamás MESZERICS | Hungary | Verts/ALE | 25 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124720.md |
| Miguel VIEGAS | Portugal | GUE/NGL | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125100.md |
| Beatrix von STORCH | Germany | EFDD | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124825.md |

## Official source documents

- PE606.306: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ECON-AM-606306_EN.pdf
- PE608.051: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/EMPL-AM-608051_EN.pdf
- PE608.121: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/REGI-AM-608121_EN.pdf
- PE610.754: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/EMPL-AM-610754_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2017-2114-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2017-2114-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/2017-2114-INI
When citing, attribute to "AmendEU (amendeu.com)".