5 Amendments of Carlos ZORRINHO related to 2015/2105(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of SMEs to trade and investment, given that there are more than 600 000 SMEs in the EU, which account for one third of EU exports, and highlights the increasingly important role played by innovative SMEs and start-ups;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of preventing the EU’s trading partners from engaging in anti-competitive practices, including social or environmental dumping, or the dumping of cheap products in Europe, as this could de-stabilise European industry and jeopardise our social and product quality and safety standards;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that trade and investment policies can play a role in the development of the telecoms market and digital economy in Europe and bring clear benefits to EU consumers and businesses; stresses, however, that trade strategies must ensure that non-EU companies do not take advantage of the fragmentation of the EU market; and operate within a clear legal framework that guarantees the acquired rights of consumers and European industry;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to encourage European research bodies to engage more actively with potential partners outside the EU and at the same time to promote active policies to prevent a brain drain to other continents;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Reiterates the need to combat energy islands in the European Union by opening up new routes, not only facilitating access to existing sources in the EU, as in the case of the Iberian Peninsula, but also enabling access to new suppliers from third countries, such as our partners in North Africa;