5 Amendments of Marco ZANNI related to 2015/2147(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that sustainable economic growth in Europe can only be achieved through productivity gains and developing sectors characterised by high added valueby channelling resources towards long-term investment in research and development, especially in socially useful sectors with a low environmental impact; encourages in this sense all the efforts made by the Commission in supporting the transition towards a digital economy;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that, in order to achievrevitalise economic convergence throughgrowth and employment, combat social exclusion, and reduce socio-economic disparities among European regions, the digital divide must to be reduced substantially and access to the internet guaranteed to all European citizens and companies, especially SMEs; encourages further public and private investment in infrastructure; welcomes the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)’s intended efforts in this arearesearch and development;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that, for the digital economy to flourish, access to capital for both new and existingSMEs and micro enterprises must be improved; welcomes the work of the Commission on the Capital Markets Union; encourages further legislative harmonisation in area and the emergence of start-ups must also be encouraged; notes that, to that end, the development of innovative financing channels such as crowd- funding and digital currenciespeer- to-peer lending needs to be supported and encouraged;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that a cross-border taxation system is needed to create a true European Single Market and to prevent the tax avoidance and evasion practices used by several digital platforms, as highlighted by recent inquiries; calls on the Commission to do more to support extending the obligation of public country-by- country reporting regime on taxesaccounting and tax data reporting for multinational companies to apply to all sectors;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the Commission to help Member States make the necessary public investment in research and development in order to promote digitisation of the economy and, to that end, to allow them to exclude such investment from the calculation of budgetary parameters for the purposes of the European Semester;