35 Amendments of Joëlle MÉLIN related to 2020/2076(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13
Citation 13
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16
Citation 16
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20
Citation 20
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Union requiresEU industrial sector has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic and needs immediate and substantial support for its recovery; whereas the Union and Member States require a new industrial strategy that makes its their industries more globally competitive, resilient and environmentally sustainable where there is the potential to achieve this goal without compromising their economic sustainability and competitiveness; whereas such a strategy should cover thea rational and pragmatic transition of European industries to digitalisation and climate-neutrality, prioritising the ‘energy efficiency first’ principles, energy savings and, renewable energy technologies and continued investment in existing low-carbon technologies;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas non-EU competitors often take advantage of less stringent climate and environmental regulations, thus hindering further EU competitiveness and being primarily responsible for the global carbon emissions increase;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Union’s industrial strategy should ensure the correctsmooth functioning of the single marketEuropean economies, give a new boost to national economies, create a level playing field inside and outside EU and ensure easier access to finance, raw materials and markets, in addition to ensuring appropriate levels of investment, research and innovation, social rights and welfare, education and skills to boost competitiveness and sustainability;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic and its fallout have created an unprecedented economic downturn in Europe; whereas the global health crisis has shown the need to strengthen the self- reliance of States and the European Union in essential and strategic sectors; whereas in this context any future- looking industrial strategy should start by addressing industrial recovery and by supporting enterprises on a sustainable basis to ensure jobs and the transition to a more resilient European economy;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas reindustrialisation and relocation within the Union and the Member States should be the priority of the new European industrial strategy; whereas the relocation policies should be based on essential and strategic sectors that will guarantee the sovereignty of Europe, the Member States and European citizens, in particular against financial, social, health and environmental crises;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas new debts contracted to survive the economic downturn are likely to leave companies with a more fragile financial structure and weaker human resources, leading to sluggish growth in the long term;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the European Defence and Aerospace industry and its supply chain has already proven to be a strategic asset for the whole European Union and an added value for the European industrial integration, research & development, technology & innovation, growth, occupation and competition;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is of the opinion that digital and environmental transitions should be at the very core of all Unions strategies until 2050; in this context, calls on the Commission to define a comprehensive industrial strategy which manages these transitions, fosters transformationwould include economic support and accompanying measures for recovery and conversion of the different industrial sectors, in particular through SMEs, and guarantees the Union’s strategic autonomy; stresses that the EU should gradually strive for environmental sustainability without compromising competitiveness and socio-economic welfare and without discriminating against any form of technology that can contribute to make the transition process economically sustainable;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is aware that market dynamics alone do not bridge the fractures created during the transformation process if there is no proper management of the transitions and no strong industrial policies; is, furthermore, aware that whilethe unreasonable pressure coming from markets, competition and innovation push fast towards transformation, it is society and the environment that face the impact of these transformations; considers that balancing out the number of jobs lost in traditional industries with new jobs created in the digital and environmental sectors is not enough in itself as these new jobs are neither created in the same regions nor taken up by the same workers; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that these transitions are fair and socially justgradual, fair, socially just, and ensure a level playing field, and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation process (digital, environmental, etc.) is accompanied by a corresponding initiative to up-skill and reskill workers, with the aim of managing the effects produced by that accelerated process on both regions and people;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Encourages the Member States and their national employment services to carry out, in the context of this initiative for vocational retraining and reshoring of industrial sectors, an assessment of the skills already acquired by workers in traditional industries and therefore immediately available to companies relocating to Europe;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers, in the current context, that the Union requires a new, tailor-made industrial strategy that focuses on two distinct phases; the first aimed at recovery and strengthening existing industries and the second aimed at reconstruclocation and transformation; calls on the Commission, therefore, to adapt the strategy published in March 2020 to the current situation and address both phases, while keeping the digital and environmental objectives as a prioritiesy throughout;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Temporary State Aid framework as a way to promptly transfer liquidity where urgently needed; calls on the Commission nonetheless to ensure that the aid provided in the emergency phase does not lead to permanent distortions in the singleternal market;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the economic schemes put in place by individual Member States to help SMEs and companies cope with the short-term cash crunch are useful, but will increase the debt levels of these firms and weaken their economies; in this context, therefore, calls on the Commission to facilitate recovery through fiscal schemes that favour equity over debt and grants over loans and/or guarantees;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to include in the recovery plan a strategy to redeploy industries in Europe and to relocate industrial production in essential and strategic sectors; calls, moreover, on the Commission to adopt a stronger stance on unfair global competition and predatory acquisitions by SOEs and sovereign funds; is of the opinion that, in this context, the Union should implement a provisional TDI scheme through the increase of custom duties on products considered essential in order to favour European production as well as the promotion of other possible means other than traditional instruments to support industry;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to consider the creation of a cooperative ecosystem among Member States that allows to give priority to national and European companies which keep their headquarters, their production and employment within the Union in the framework of public contracts;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights that, during this critical phase, the Union should protect its market and enterprises in strategic sectors and block takeovers and FDI that coulforeign direct and indirect investments to preserve European jobs and know-how within each specific territory and avoid further increase of its dependency on foreign powers;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point b
Paragraph 9 – point b
b. will be managed directly, when possible, by the Commission through European programmesand allocated as a priority on the basis of local and national projects and applications, meeting the criteria for allocation provided by the Fund in order to avoid further distortion of the singleternal market;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point c
Paragraph 9 – point c
c. distributes the financial aid among the different industrial sectors, including micro-enterprises and SMEs, according to the damage suffered, the challenges faced and the amount of national financial support already received through national aid schemes;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point e
Paragraph 9 – point e
e. gives preference to companies and SMEs that focus their business plans, micro-enterprises and SMEs that are most in need onf digital and environmental transformationrect financial support following the economic setback caused by the pandemic;
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights the need to support a sustainable and fair recovery beyond the COVID-19 crisis in order to enhance growth in the EU by increasing investment in the digital and green transitionall sectors of the economy, including essential and strategic sectors; asks the Commission to support an ambitiouseffective Recovery Fund that is within the framework of a stronger MFF and is integrated in the own resource decision, and to pursue fiscal policy coordination to strengthen the European fiscal frameworkintegrated in the own resource decision; is of the opinion that, after the peak of the pandemic, the Fund should become a permanent Reconstruction Fund to foster the digital and green industrial transitionstransition, restore the economic global competitiveness of EU and rebuild a strong and stable labour market;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Urges the Commission to plan for a more inclusive renovation of European industry, to avoid any discrimination of traditional productive sectors as well as any exclusion of those industrial sectors that could disappear in absence of a real strategy; stresses the diversity of the existing European industrial network: insists, in this regard, that the Commission secures the dynamism of these industries which support the economy of the Member States and the European regions;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to carry out a detailed impact assessment of the potential costs and burdens for European companies and SMEs, as well as costs in terms of job losses, before presenting new proposals for legislation or adopting new measures; calls on the Commission to propose commensurate support to the affected sectorwithdraw any new proposals whenever a negative impact cannot be seems unavoidabled;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that once the emergency phase is over, the Union should embark on a second phase of its industrial strategy: ensuring the competitiveness, resilience and sustainability of its industriesall sectors of its economy in the long term;
Amendment 417 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that there is significant potential in domestic and global markets for low-emission technologies and sustainable products, processes and services throughout the whole value chain from raw materials to energy-intensive industries, manufacturing and the industrial services sector; considers, moreover, that the Climate Law is a first step towards enshrining climate targets into Union legislation; believes that a more holistic and systematic target framework is also required in order to ensure policy coherence across all Union policies and a homogenous governance approach in all policy areas, paving the way towards a clear and stable strategy for European industries;
Amendment 428 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Recalls that the Defence and Aerospace industry in Europe is a truly specific industrial sector that needs therefore specific policies due to its unique nature; in line with the European Treaties, considers that implementing special measures or policies for the European Defence and Aerospace industry should not undermine the national prerogatives of Member States regarding security and defence;
Amendment 443 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Maintains that a truly effective European industrial policy needs a dashboard of climate targets as a roadmap to shape the industry of the future; considers that all sectors should contribute towards achieving the Union’s climate objectives and, in this regard, underlines the importance of gas as a means of energy transition and hydrogen as a potential breakthrough technology; calls also for greater attention to be paid to network security and energy supply; calls on the Council to increase spending from the EU budget on climate change efforts; calls on the Commission to ensure that industries with high carbon leakage do not benefit from EU subsidies, and for better use to be made of the EIB, as the Union’s ‘Climate Bank’, to enhance sustainable financing to the public and private sectors and to assist companies in the decarbonisation process, and to use the Border Carbon Adjustments mechanism as a way to protect EU manufacturers and jobs from unfair international competition and the import of products and services with a strong environmental footprint;
Amendment 508 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the need to support a just transition, and believes that a well- designed Just Transition Mechanism, including a Just Transition Fund, would be an important tool to facilitate the transitionavoid job losses and preach ambitious climate targets while addressing social impactserve territorial economic competitiveness; stresses that robust financing of this instrument, including additional budgetary resources, would be a key element for theits successful implementation of the European Green Deal;
Amendment 535 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to recover, by renewing it, the spirit of the Small Business Act, through initiatives aimed in particular at supporting micro and small-size enterprises, which provide for over 99% of the European production capacity; worries that "one size fits all" initiatives for SMEs do not favour either micro-enterprises or SMEs, while expanding many of such measures to mid- caps has further stressed this gap; stresses that support for micro-enterprises and SMEs must also come by boosting incremental innovation;
Amendment 563 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. The incentive to use tax credit systems must be matched by targeted measures aiming to overcome tax dumping, which is responsible for distorting effects within the internal market;
Amendment 584 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to implement a single European digital and data market, to promote thea functional exchange of data among companies and among public institutions, to develop and process data on European soil, in particular data from public bodies, to build a better digital taxation system in which profits are taxed where companies have significant interaction with users, and to further develop European standards on cybersecurity, in particular for critical infrastructure;
Amendment 641 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Is of the opinion that ecosystems will be key components of the next industrial revolution, providing affordable and cleaner energy, transformative manufacturing and service-provision methods; believes, moreover, that supporting virtuous collaboration among industry, academia, SMEs, start-ups, trade unions, civil society, end-user organisations and all other stakeholders will be key to solving market failures and supportmodels among the different actors engaged in research and commercialization activities by which public authorities, universities, micro-enterprises and SMEs gather to foster innovation; considers that ecosystems will be key elements of the next industrial revolution, providing eafforts to cross the ‘valley of death’, including in areas not yet covered by industrial interestdable and cleaner energy sources;
Amendment 689 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. In the light of a profoundly changed international economic context, calls on the Commission to review its antitrust rules and to continue to ensure that the enforcement of EU competition law is effective in keeping the Union globally competitive, seeking a balance between support for so-called ‘adapt the competition rules in order to guarantee the sovereignty and independence of the Member States and the Union, to support European ‘champions’ and protection of thecompanies, to protect supply chain froms against unfair competition, so as to compensate for the lack of a global level playing field given the higher levels of concentration, margins and inequality visible in the economy and ultimately to strengthen the industrial presence within the territories;