2 Amendments of Martina ANDERSON related to 2015/2320(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on Member States to focus on facilitating an adequate EU funding mix for SMEs – grants, loans, guarantees, equity, microfinance – especially in regions that have been affected by an increased youth unemployment; in view of the ever- increasing role of financial instruments and synergies between instruments funded by the EU budget through the ERDF and through direct management programmes such as Horizon 2020, the PSCI, COSME and LIFE;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission and the Member States to focus efforts on regions with low take-up of financial instruments, including scale-up financing for the transition from start-ups to SMEs, in view of the important role of financial products in operational programmes, the EFSI and the EIB Group operations; Calls the Commission and the Member States to provide incentives to SMEs in regions that face recession, long- term unemployment, refugees crisis;