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4. meni, da je za ključne oblikovalce politike bistveno, da projekta evra ne jemljejo za dokončanega, ker bo njegovo dolgoročno stanje prispevalo k splošnemu napredku Unije in ker je priljubljenost evra prav tako pomembna v zvezi s prihodnjo ratifikacijo Pogodbe o Ustavi za Evropo;
Considers it essential for key policy-makers not to take the euro project as accomplished, as its long-lasting health will contribute to the overall advancement of the Union and the popularity of the euro is important also as regards future ratification of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe;
7. se strinja s Komisijo, da mora biti obveščevalna kampanja prilagojena kulturi, jeziku, mnenju širše javnosti in težavam državljanov različnih držav ter vprašanju, ali je država že znotraj evro-območja, ali bo vanj vstopila v kratkoročnem ali srednjeročnem obdobju, ali pa si želi ostati zunaj evro-območja;
Agrees with the Commission that the information campaign must be adapted to the culture, language, prevailing public opinion and concerns of citizens of different countries as well as to the question whether the country is inside the euro zone already or will come into it in the short or medium term, or wishes to stay out;
10. je prepričan, da bo nedavna širitev EU postavila EMU pred pomembne izzive in enotno valuto; meni, da se mora Komisija osredotočiti na svoja prizadevanja za pomoč novim državam članicam, da pripravi njihove državljane na sprejetje evra z zavzemanjem za intenzivne obveščevalne kampanje, da nadzira njihovo izvajanje in spodbuja redno poročanje o izvajanju nacionalnih akcijskih načrtov za sprejetje evra, če se je takšna kampanja že začela;
Believes that the recent EU enlargement will pose important challenges for EMU and the single currency; considers that the Commission must concentrate its efforts on helping the new Member States to prepare their citizens for adoption of the euro by undertaking an intensive information campaign, to supervise its implementation where such a campaign has already started and to make regular reports on the implementation of the National Action Plans for the adoption of the Euro;
12. poziva Komisijo, da upošteva strah pred naraščanjem cen, ki ga izraža javnost novih držav članic; je prepričan, da se morajo izkušnje z nepravilnostmi in pretiranim zaokroževanjem v sedanjih članicah evro-območja upoštevati pri državah, ki bodo vstopile v evro-območje s preprečevanjem podobnih dogodkov; je prepričan, da je treba razliko med letno inflacijo in porastom cen, ki ga povzroči uvedba evra, razložiti vsem državljanom držav članic;
Calls on the Commission to take into account the fear of price increases expressed by the public of the new Member States; believes that experience with malpractices and instances of excessive rounding-up perceived in current euro area members should be used in the future euro area entrants in such a way as to prevent similar behaviour; considers that the difference between yearly inflation and price increases caused by euro introduction should be explained to citizens in all Member States;
14. verjame, da sta najboljša praksa in znanje, pridobljena pri prejšnjih prehodih, uporabna za prehod v novih državah članicah in prihodnjih širitvah ter pripravah novih držav prosilk;
Believes that best practices and know-how acquired from the previous changeover will be useful for the changeover of the new Member States and for the forthcoming enlargement and preparation of the new applicant countries;
18. poziva ECB, da v svoje letno poročilo ali posebno poročilo vključi kvantitativno analizo – o kateri naj razpravlja Evropski parlament – o koristih, ki jih je evro prinesel navadnim državljanom, s ponazorjenimi primeri, kako uporaba evra pozitivno vpliva na vsakdanje življenje ljudi;
Calls on the ECB, be it in its Annual report or in a special report, to undertake a yearly quantitative analysis - to be debated by the European Parliament - of the benefits the euro has brought about for ordinary citizens, with concrete examples of how euro usage has had positive effects on people’s daily lives;
22. opozarja na dvig elektronskega poslovanja pri transakcijah in zato dvomi v pomen ohranitve bankovcev za 500 EUR, ki je bil prvotno utemeljen s potrebo po upoštevanju navad potrošnikov v nekaterih državah članicah;
Notes the rise in the share of electronic trading in transactions, and therefore queries the relevance of keeping 500 euro notes, originally justified by the need to take account of the habits of consumers in some Member States;
27. potrjuje svojo odločnost, izraženo v resoluciji o izvajanju informacijske in komunikacijske strategije Evropske unije z dne 12. maj 2005, da poglobi medinstitucionalno sodelovanje pri tej zadevi s pripravo velike letne razprave na podlagi poročila Komisije in ob sodelovanju odborov s celotno ali delno odgovornostjo za posamezne zadeve ter Sveta;
Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0183 . to deepen interinstitutional cooperation in this area by organising a major debate each year on the basis of a report submitted by the Commission - a debate in which the committees with full or partial responsibility for the matter would be involved and in which the Council would also take part;
The publication in 2004 by the European Commission of its “Communication on the implementation of an information and communication strategy on the evro and Economic and Monetary Union”, has prompted the European Parliament to inaugurate a wide-ranging debate with all concerned stakeholders on an issue of vital importance for the European project: how to adequately inform European citizens and businesses of the benefits of our single currency, the evro, and its accompanying macroeconomic framework or EMU (Economic and Monetary Union).
The publication in 2004 by the European Commission of its ‘Communication on the implementation of an information and communication strategy on the euro and Economic and Monetary Union’, has prompted the European Parliament to inaugurate a wide-ranging debate with all concerned stakeholders on an issue of vital importance for the European project: how to adequately inform European citizens and businesses of the benefits of our single currency, the euro, and its accompanying macroeconomic framework or EMU (Economic and Monetary Union).
The European Parliament has been closely involved in every stage of EMU, from the decision to launch the currency taken in Maastricht in 1992, leading to the 1st of January 1999 when the exchange rates of the participating Member States were irrevocably fixed against the evro and the European Central Bank was created, and finally to the subsequent physical changeover in 2002.
The European Parliament has been closely involved in every stage of EMU, from the decision to launch the currency taken in Maastricht in 1992, leading to the 1st of January 1999 when the exchange rates of the participating Member States were irrevocably fixed against the euro and the European Central Bank was created, and finally to the subsequent physical changeover in 2002.
Now, nearly 7 years after the evro’s launch, and in light of the European Commission’s communication, your rapportevr believes that it is high time to evaluate EMU’s successes and failures, to propose solutions and to point the way forward.
Now, nearly 7 years after the euro’s launch, and in light of the European Commission’s communication, your rapporteur believes that it is high time to evaluate EMU’s successes and failures, to propose solutions and to point the way forward.
The evro’s successes
The euro’s successes
EMU and the evro are the most successful pan-European projects ever.
EMU and the euro are the most successful pan-European projects ever.
This report wishes to reiterate Parliament's wholehearted support for the evro as a powerful driver of European integration as well as a means of reaching the goals of our Union.
This report wishes to reiterate Parliament’s wholehearted support for the euro as a powerful driver of European integration as well as a means of reaching the goals of our Union.
Not only is the evro a symbol of a common identity and shared values, but it can act as a stimulus to further cohesion by proving that if Member States act together in a decisive manner, citizens can expect to reap widespread and long-lasting benefits.
Not only is the euro a symbol of a common identity and shared values, but it can act as a stimulus to further cohesion by proving that if Member States act together in a decisive manner, citizens can expect to reap widespread and long-lasting benefits.
The evro's success can be measured in many ways:
The euro’s success can be measured in many ways:
First and foremost, the single monetary policy and the enhanced co-ordination of economic policies that underpin the evro have brought about cheaper finance for all: interest rates are at historically low levels, fostering investment and consumption and resulting in real benefits for consumers, for example through low mortgage rates and cheap loans.
First and foremost, the single monetary policy and the enhanced co-ordination of economic policies that underpin the euro have brought about cheaper finance for all: interest rates are at historically low levels, fostering investment and consumption and resulting in real benefits for consumers, for example through low mortgage rates and cheap loans.
Secondly, increased price transparency within the evro area, together with the ECB's firm management of monetary policy, have lead to a stable environment including low inflation (only 2,3% in 2001 and 2002 subsequently), supporting private consumption.
Secondly, increased price transparency within the euro area, together with the ECB’s firm management of monetary policy, have lead to a stable environment including low inflation (only 2.3% in 2001 and 2002 subsequently), supporting private consumption.
In the third place, the evro has brought about improved resilience of the evro-area economies against financial crises.
In the third place, the euro has brought about improved resilience of the euro-area economies against financial crises.
Without the single currency, recent events such as the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 in New York and 11 March 2004 in Madrid or the financial accounting scandals of 2002 would have triggered major turbulences in Europe as a whole and in many evro area economies in particular and would have made national currencies collapse.
Without the single currency, recent events such as the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 in New York and 11 March 2004 in Madrid or the financial accounting scandals of 2002 would have triggered major turbulence in Europe as a whole and in many euro area economies in particular and would have made national currencies collapse.
Fourthly, the elimination of the exchange rate risk within the evro zone has made travel easier within the evro area without the hassle and cost of changing currencies.
Fourthly, the elimination of the exchange rate risk within the euro zone has made travel easier within the euro area without the hassle and cost of changing currencies.
Travelling outside the evro area is also easier since the evro has become a widely accepted international currency.
Travelling outside the euro area is also easier since the euro has become a widely accepted international currency.
In the fifth place, raw materials and oil being offered on the world market in US dollars, European consumers benefit from the relatively strong evro compared to the dollar.
In the fifth place, raw materials and oil being offered on the world market in US dollars, European consumers benefit from the relatively strong euro compared to the dollar.
Another positive effect of the evro is that it has brought about an increase in trade within the EU.
Another positive effect of the euro is that it has brought about an increase in trade within the EU.
Several studies prove that EMU has had a positive impact on intra-evro area trade, by roughly 10 % on average for all the countries in the evrozone, and up to around 17 % in some countries such as the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium and Austria, since the evro came into being.
Several studies prove that EMU has had a positive impact on intra-euro area trade, by roughly 10% on average for all the countries in the eurozone, and up to around 17% in some countries such as the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium and Austria, since the euro came into being.
Since 1999, international trade invoicing in evros has increased considerably.
Since 1999, international trade invoicing in euros has increased considerably.
In addition, the evro has gained a high standing in international financial markets, and is taking on an important role as an international reserve currency (from 13,5% of world reserves in 1999 to 19,7% in 2003).
In addition, the euro has gained a high standing in international financial markets, and is taking on an important role as an international reserve currency (from 13.5% of world reserves in 1999 to 19.7% in 2003).
Thus, the evro is becoming a preferred vehicle for international investment and borrowing (international securities in evros now rival those in US dollars).
Thus, the euro is becoming a preferred vehicle for international investment and borrowing (international securities in euros now rival those in US dollars).
Your rapportevr believes that the revision of the Pact recently agreed by the European Council can only be considered as an improvement if all Member States without exception adhere fully to the new agreement.
Your rapporteur believes that the revision of the Pact recently agreed by the European Council can only be considered as an improvement if all Member States without exception adhere fully to the new agreement.
If the new agreements are disrespected again the credibility of the evro as well as its public image will be permanently damaged.
If the new agreements are disrespected again the credibility of the euro as well as its public image will be permanently damaged.
All these benefits are the result of a very successful introduction strategy from a technical point of view, both in 1999 when the old currencies were converted to the evro, as in 2002 during the physical changeover.
All these benefits are the result of a very successful introduction strategy from a technical point of view, both in 1999 when the old currencies were converted to the euro, as in 2002 during the physical changeover.
The evro’s problems
The euro’s problems
Having stated all of this, your rapportevr believes nevertheless that there is room for improvement as far as the communication strategy of the evro is concerned.
Having stated all of this, your rapporteur believes nevertheless that there is room for improvement as far as the communication strategy of the euro is concerned.
After a significantly long period of 7 years of evro and EMU it is time take some distance and analyse our currency framework with objectiveness.
After a significantly long period of 7 years of euro and EMU it is time take some distance and analyse our currency framework with objectiveness.
This is all the more necessary because the Euro project is by no means over: in fact, promoting the virtues of the evro is an ongoing and everyday exercise; maintaining and improving the credibility and stability of the evro area is a never-ending task that needs constant care and attention.
This is all the more necessary because the Euro project is by no means over: in fact, promoting the virtues of the euro is an ongoing and everyday exercise; maintaining and improving the credibility and stability of the euro area is a never-ending task that needs constant care and attention.
The possible future enlargement of the evro area to new countries merits an in-depth reflection on the way that policy makers should take to avoid the mistakes of the past and on how they can improve previous communication campaigns.
The possible future enlargement of the euro area to new countries merits an in-depth reflection on the way that policy makers should take to avoid the mistakes of the past and on how they can improve previous communication campaigns.
Indeed, it is dispiriting to notice that despite the objective benefits of the evro as described above, and despite the generally smooth changeover that occurred, a certain section of the European public continues to claim to have a negative perception of the evro.
Indeed, it is dispiriting to notice that despite the objective benefits of the euro as described above, and despite the generally smooth changeover that occurred, a certain section of the European public continues to claim to have a negative perception of the euro.
Recent Eurobarometer polls show that support for the currency in the evro zone was 68% just before the changeover, 75% just after, and 66% in the first half of 2004.
Recent Eurobarometer polls show that support for the currency in the euro zone was 68% just before the changeover, 75% just after, and 66% in the first half of 2004.
These polls are reinforced by recent ones conducted in the new Member States, which also reflect an increasing hostility towards the adoption of the evro: only 44% of the population in the new Member States believe that the introduction of the evro will have positive consequences for their country, and 47% is unhappy about the evro replacing their national currency.
These polls are reinforced by recent ones conducted in the new Member States, which also reflect an increasing hostility towards the adoption of the euro: only 44% of the population in the new Member States believe that the introduction of the euro will have positive consequences for their country, and 47% is unhappy about the euro replacing their national currency.
Needless to say, public opinion in the three pre-enlargement non-evro countries, the UK, Sweden and Denmark, continues to be broadly opposed to the currency union, a fact that was brutally exposed in the negative results of the referenda in Sweden and Denmark.
Needless to say, public opinion in the three pre-enlargement non-euro countries, the UK, Sweden and Denmark, continues to be broadly opposed to the currency union, a fact that was brutally exposed in the negative results of the referenda in Sweden and Denmark.
Amongst a variety of reasons that are not the subject of this report (evroscepticism, nationalism, attachment to national traditions and so forth), one of the main reasons that public perception has been so negative in those Member States that adopted the evro is the feeling that prices increased dramatically after the changeover.
Amongst a variety of reasons that are not the subject of this report (euroscepticism, nationalism, attachment to national traditions and so forth), one of the main reasons that public perception has been so negative in those Member States that adopted the euro is the feeling that prices increased dramatically after the changeover.
The overall effect of the introduction of the evro on inflation is now estimated to have only been 0.2% in 2002.
The overall effect of the introduction of the euro on inflation is now estimated to have only been 0.2% in 2002.
Although inflation around January 2002 was partly caused by bad harvests and other economic factors, it is the contention of your rapportevr that these perceptions were to a large extent compounded by some errors made during the changeover.
Although inflation around January 2002 was partly caused by bad harvests and other economic factors, it is the contention of your rapporteur that these perceptions were to a large extent compounded by some errors made during the changeover.
Finally, it is now clear that it was a mistake to stop communication campaigns on the evro so early after its physical introduction.
Finally, it is now clear that it was a mistake to stop communication campaigns on the euro so early after its physical introduction.
More time would have been needed to solidify the evro's image in the public's eye and to swiftly correct the wrong impressions caused by some price increases: albeit being of minor economic importance for the overall economy, they weighed heavily on the average consumers' budget.
More time would have been needed to solidify the euro’s image in the public’s eye and to swiftly correct the wrong impressions caused by some price increases: albeit being of minor economic importance for the overall economy, they weighed heavily on the average consumers’ budget.
Therefore this rapportevr proposes the presentation by the ECB of a yearly quantitative analysis of the benefits the evro has brought about for ordinary citizens.
Therefore this rapporteur proposes the presentation by the ECB of a yearly quantitative analysis of the benefits the euro has brought about for ordinary citizens.
Several other benefits of the evro, such as greater price transparency and its effects on competition, will only come if and when governments take the necessary measures in completing the internal market, hopefully in the framework of the Lisbon Strategy.
Several other benefits of the euro, such as greater price transparency and its effects on competition, will only come if and when governments take the necessary measures in completing the internal market, hopefully in the framework of the Lisbon Strategy.
The benefits of the evro and of EMU need to be sold and explained to the public continuously: policy-makers cannot let their guard down.
The benefits of the euro and of EMU need to be sold and explained to the public continuously: policy-makers cannot let their guard down.
If the evro project is taken for granted, any external shock or political crisis could trigger an attack on the currency union.
If the euro project is taken for granted, any external shock or political crisis could trigger an attack on the currency union.
The evro should not be the scapegoat for others' failures.
The euro should not be the scapegoat for others’ failures.
Your rapportevr therefore welcomes the Commission's latest report on its communication strategy on the evro but believes that it is excessively optimistic in view of the problems mentioned above.
Your rapporteur therefore welcomes the Commission’s latest report on its communication strategy on the euro but believes that it is excessively optimistic in view of the problems mentioned above.
It should apply more modern 'marketing' techniques and try to sell the evro and its benefits as a global ‘package’.
It should apply more modern ‘marketing’ techniques and try to sell the euro and its benefits as a global ‘package’.
Special mention is made of the non-evro EU Member States.
Special mention is made of the non-euro EU Member States.
However, there has not been enough political willingness from the political authorities, particularly in the UK, Sweden and Denmark, to really market the evro in a credible way.
However, there has not been enough political willingness from the political authorities, particularly in the UK, Sweden and Denmark, to really market the euro in a credible way.
That, perhaps, may be the reason why the authorities of those Member States have yet to pay enough attention to a coherent evro communication strategy.
That, perhaps, may be the reason why the authorities of those Member States have yet to pay enough attention to a coherent euro communication strategy.
None of the 10 new Member States is a member of the evrozone yet but they have no opting-out and will have to adopt the currency sooner or later.
None of the 10 new Member States is a member of the eurozone yet but they have no opting-out and will have to adopt the currency sooner or later.
The level of awareness about the obligation for new Member States to adopt the evro is worryingly low, since 57 % of the population believes that their country has a choice about adopting the evro.
The level of awareness about the obligation for new Member States to adopt the euro is worryingly low, since 57% of the population believes that their country has a choice about adopting the euro.