Activities of Davor ŠKRLEC related to 2016/2032(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on access to finance for SMEs and increasing the diversity of SME funding in a Capital Markets Union
Amendments (6)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the key role of SMEs in generating growth and employment in EU regions; notes that in the current climate of fiscal constraint, cohesion policy is a vital source of support for SMEs;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls the important role of SMEs in creating high-quality employment and their potential to boost future-oriented sectors of the economy including the Circular Economy, guided by the green public procurement as the appropriate tool to achieve these goals; Believes that opportunities for innovation should be recognized and promoted as sustainable job opportunities;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Encourages, given the high youth- unemployment rates, to boost entrepreneurial spirit in younger generations, and thus recalls the need to add entrepreneurship in school curricula as identified in the Small Business Act;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes initiatives designed to diversify sources of funding and reduce the cost of capital for SMEs; stresses the need to improve the way in which capital markets fund the real economy, by developing alternatives to bank loans, and to make EU funding more attractive to SMEs; considers that SMEs could become the backbone of our economy, if they were able to rely on the long-term support and competence of banks focused on sustainable investment;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that promotional banks and credit institutions should have a strong local and regional connection in order to stimulate credits for SMEs; Underlines that the Commission needs to strengthen this sector and encourage the creation of new promotional or cooperative banks;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls the need to increase efforts in order to fill the gender gap as identified in the Small Business Act and to encourage the participation of women in enterprises, start-ups and all other entrepreneurial activities, in particular when ESI Funds are involved;