11 Amendments of Constance LE GRIP related to 2013/2006(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that industrial policy has moved to the centre of political attention in the EU; stresses that a strong industrial base is essential for a wealthy, competitive and economically successful Union, and serves as the best cure for recession;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that women represent more than half of the people who graduate in higher education every year in Europe; stresses the positive impact which the skills of qualified women could have on undertakings, particularly for the growth, productivity and competitiveness of European industry, and therefore calls on stakeholders in the economic, educational and social fields and on the Commission to promote and enhance the role of women in industrial sectors in Europe;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that only a proactive, integrated industrial policy, that links various policy fields – including consumer policy and labour market policy – can create favourable economic conditions for companies in the EU to improve their competitiveness and looks forward to welcoming the Roadmap for reform of the Internal Market for industrial products;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that only a proactive, integrated industrial policy, that is based on research, innovation and a single market and links various policy fields – including consumer policy and labour market policy – can create favourable economic conditions for companies in the EU to improve their competitiveness;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. reminds the role of the investments in stimulating innovation and fostering growth, and stresses the need for more support to entrepreneurship in terms of better business conditions;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the internal market still has enormous, untapped potential to boost competitiveness and growth in the EU, and therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to accelerate their efforts to remove remaining barriers, to the benefit of EU consumers, employees and companies, particularly SMEs; stresses that companies and consumers are being prevented from taking full advantage of the single market by inadequate transposition and implementation of single market legislation; therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to accelerate their efforts to remove remaining barriers and emphasises the importance of establishing increasingly close cooperation between the European Parliament and the national parliaments with that end in view;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges the European Union and Member States to press ahead with full implementation of the Small Business Act, which provides a coherent framework for measures to promote the growth of SMEs and should play a vital role in the European Union’s new, strong industrial policy;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that industrial policy should be guided by the principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’; believes that professional qualifications and fair wages are not exclusively matters of social policy, but are also preconditions for growth, innovation and investment;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that further development of the freedom of movement for workers, through the use of instruments such as mutual recognition of professional qualifications and advancedlife-long training, in particular for low-qualified and disvulnerabled workers, has great potential for mitigating the shortage of skilled labour and for triggering inclusive growth;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages further exploitation of the potential of the 98/34 notification procedure, and suggests that Member States introduce competitiveness proofing in impact assessments conducted at the drafting stages of national legislative processes. , in the wider framework of the 'Single Market Test' asked for in the European Parliament resolution of 7 February 2013 with recommendations to the Commission on the governance of the Single Market;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the contribution made by companies producing high-end goods and services to growth, employment and competitiveness in the European Union, given that this sector accounts for 3% of EU GDP, has an annual turnover of over EUR 400 billion and generates almost 1.5 million direct and indirect jobs in Europe, according to the Commission’s Staff Working Document on the Competitiveness of the European High- End Industries published on 26 September 2012;