Activities of Catherine TRAUTMANN related to 2010/2095(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Industrial policy for the globalised era (debate)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to draw up without delay a detailed time frame for monitoring implementation of this strategy and to present an annual progress report; considers, furthermore, that the effectiveness of these guidelines and initiatives should be reassessed every year by the Commission in order to identify any problems that have arisen during their implementation and lay down additional objectives with a view to ensuring that EU industrial policy is always at the forefront of progress;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Suggests that thought also be given to other forms of funding to support the development of innovative technologies by bringing together various stakeholders at different levels (European, national and local), as well as to making use of a range of tools including public-private partnerships and risk capital;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that, representing as it does an annual 17% of GDP in the EU, public procurement is a powerful instrument for stimulating innovation; points out that competitors such as China and the USA have set ambitious targets for public procurement of innovative and environmental products, and calls for similar target setting in the EU and for innovation to be included as an award criterion, so as to make it easier for SMEs to gain access to public procurement;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Is convinced that industry needs an energy policy focused on the long term which guarantees appropriate energy prices and security of supply, allows manufacturing to take place without the release of gases damaging to the climate, and prevents carbon leakage; points out that the internal energy market is an asset when it comes to switching to low-carbon production and supply, and that the network infrastructure must therefore be renewed and extended, and smart grids promoted; stresses also that it is necessary to take into account the competitive advantages of other (digital and transport) network infrastructure if a strategy is adopted to make them as modern and efficient as possible;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 16 – indent 4 a (new)
- studying the new needs created in terms of employment and qualifications by the development of jobs in the green economy with a view to responding to them by means of appropriate training;
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for efforts to be stepped up with a view to creating without delay a Community patent in order to improve the framework conditions for industrial property rights, implementing a reform of standardisation methods and bringing about international standardisation in order to safeguard technological leadership; calls for emphasis to be placed on the principle of interoperability and on an open and transparent process of development of standards;
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for the establishment of a task force on restructuring operations and a stronger role for the European structural funds in restructuring processes so that employees and firms can be offered a future; calls for research and development in furtherance of conversion processes to be intensified in order to assist workers in moving to other sectors where new job prospects exist;
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 22 – indent 2 a (new)
• to increase SMEs’ participation in the framework programmes for research and development, by simplifying the relevant procedures and putting in place a more effective information and support system at local level;
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – indent 2 b (new)
Paragraph 22 – indent 2 b (new)
• to ensure greater convergence between supply and demand in respect of patents, in particular for SMEs, and to reduce the cost of access to standards for SMEs;
Amendment 462 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 3
Paragraph 26 – indent 3
• a particular focus on the key European industries – e.g. the automotive industry, renewable energies, aviation, chemicals, information and communication technologies, food and the creative industries,
Amendment 469 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 26 – indent 3 a (new)
• emphasis to be placed on the complementary nature of different types of cross-cutting technology, and on the convergences between the sectors concerned that have been made possible by the transition to a digital economy;
Amendment 480 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Takes the view that European industry, which profits from these political efforts and the favourable framework conditions, should assume more responsibility for sustainable growth and employment in Europe, devise policies to reduce its own carbon cost by means of employee involvement and work on innovation and logistics; believes that industry should enter into clear voluntary commitments to invest in Europe, sustain its own research efforts, contribute to a new culture of qualifications, develop even more innovative, sustainable products and processes, and enter wherever possible into strategic partnerships in Europe;