7 Amendments of Inês Cristina ZUBER related to 2015/0009(COD)
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Comprehensive action is required to reverse the vicious circle created by a lack of investment. Structural reforms and fiscal responsibility are necessary preconditions for stimulating investment. Along with a renewed impetus towards investment financing, these preconditions can contribute to establishing a virtuous circle, where investment projects help support employment and demandfor a renewed impetus towards investment financing, where investment projects help support employment, demand and social and geographic cohesion of territories and lead to a sustained increase in growth potential.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Throughout the economic and financial crisis, the Union has made efforts to promote growth, in particular through initiatives set applied austerity policies which have brought about ian the Europe 2020 strategy that put in place an approach for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The European Investment Bank ('EIB') has also strengthened its role in instigating and promoting investment within the Union, partly by way ofextremely serious social and societal crisis and which have held back the strategic investments needed for smart, sustainable and increase in capital in January 2013. Flusive growth. Urgent further action is required to ensure that the investment needs of the Union are addressed and that the liquidity available on the market is used efficiently and channelled towards the funding of viable investment projects in terms of creating high-quality jobs with rights and from an environmental and sustainability point of view.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The EFSI is part of a comprehensive approach to address uncertainty surrounding public and private investments. The strategy has three pillars: mobilising finance for investment, making investment reach the real economy and improving the investment environment in the Union, with the creation of high-quality work with rights and in compliance with ILO standards, and improving the investment environment in the Union, particularly in those areas most affected by the crisis and then by budget cuts based on austerity plans, in order to reduce the economic disparities which may cause new economic and social crises.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The purpose of the EFSI should be to help resolve the difficulties in financing viable projects to create high-quality jobs with rights and supporting enterprises in the areas most affected by the crisis, and implementing productive investments in the Union and to ensure increased access to financing. It is intended that increased access to financing should be of particular benefit to small and medium enterprises. It is also appropriate to extend the benefit of such increased access to financing to mid- cap companies, which are companies having up to 3000 employees. Overcoming Europe's current investment difficulties should contribute to strengthening the Union's economic, social and territorial cohesion.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Many small and medium enterprises, as well as mid-cap companies, across the Union require assistance to attract market financing, especially as regards investments that carry a greater degree of risk. The EFSI should help these businesses to overcome capital shortages by allowing the EIB and the European Investment Fund ('EIF') to provide direct and indirect equity injections, as well as to provide guarantees for high-quality securitisation of loans, and other products that are granted in pursuit of the aims of the EFSI.
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The purpose of the EFSI shall be to support investments in the Union, encourage the social and territorial cohesion of the Union and to ensure increased access to financing for small and medium-sized companies having up to 3000 employees, with a particular focus on small and medium enterprises, through the supply of risk bearing capacity to the EIB ('EFSI Agreement').