Activities of Kent JOHANSSON related to 2013/2006(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Reindustrialising Europe to promote competitiveness and sustainability (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on reindustrialising Europe to promote competitiveness and sustainability PDF (495 KB) DOC (277 KB)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on reindustrialising Europe to promote competitiveness and sustainability
Amendments (12)
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to support lifelong learning programmes and job retraining opportunities, ensuring equal opportunities for men and women to participate and taking account of learners’ personal needs, not least the particular need of young women; stresses the importance of retraining as a second chance to change careers for men and women who were led at a young age into certain categories of job that were traditionally dominated by one gender;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that EU research and innovation funds should act as a catalyst and be used in synergy with othervarious national andinstruments and with the regional funds; recalls the 3 % R&D target with two thirds coming from the private sector; supports the establishment of public- private partnerships (PPPs) under Horizon 2020 to leverage private sector investment;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to harness the power of the internet in its work on market surveillance, allowing people to participate by providing feedback on products; stresses, in this connection, the importance of properly functioning consumer protection in the European Union;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45a. Stresses the importance of avoiding the traditional gender imbalance within industry; considers that it is important to break the imbalance so that both women and men can participate fully in the labour market, particularly given the demographic challenges facing the EU;
Amendment 410 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Believes that the creation of national STEM platforms to exchange best practice could be beneficial in setting STEM targets; also considers that European platforms, if established, could be important in providing coordination and cooperation for national platforms at European level;
Amendment 422 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Highlights that Member States with strong vocational training systems have had relatively robust employment markets during the crisis; invites all Member States to examine and introduce such systems together with the social partners; notes the challenge of harmonising the ECVET with the ECTS; also highlights the importance of comparability and increased compatibility between the various national vocational training systems so as to facilitate mobility on the labour market within the relevant job categories;
Amendment 453 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 a (new)
Paragraph 58 a (new)
58a. Highlights the potential of moving to a more bio-based economy, since raw materials from forests, for example, can play a major role in producing renewable energy and in sustainable industrial production;
Amendment 462 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
59. Calls for the swift implementation of the energy efficiency directive and the national action plans; calls on the EU to follow-up on the Reul report on renewable energy, setting an ambitious renewable energy target for 2030; stresses the importance of clear, long-term climate goals to enable undertakings to invest, particularly in the green industries;
Amendment 480 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7
Subheading 7
A RISE strategy for a Southern RISEthe whole of Europe
Amendment 490 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
Paragraph 62
62. Notes that the EU’s south is affected by peripheral location; cCalls on the Commission to promote a full infrastructure integration of southern economiesfor the peripheral areas of the EU, and stresses the need to gear the Connecting Europe facility to this effect; notes that this is particularly important for certain southern areas of Europe but that northern areas – where a large share of the Union’s natural resources are situated – also need to be better connected to the rest of the Union.
Amendment 498 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63 a (new)
Paragraph 63 a (new)
63a. Stresses the importance of ICT infrastructure, particularly flexible and mobile solutions, in enabling industry to develop in peripheral and sparsely populated regions too;