Activities of Ulrike TREBESIUS related to 2015/2320(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
How best to harness the job creation potential of SMEs? (A8-0248/2016 - Zdzisław Krasnodębski) DE
Amendments (5)
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)
Recital A g (new)
Ag. having regard to skills' scarcity and disparities across the EU, as well as skills' flows mostly from the post-2004 enlargement Member States and Eurozone crisis countries to other Member States, creating peripheral regions with difficult access to skilled workers, suffering from the brain drain phenomenon;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A h (new)
Recital A h (new)
Ah. whereas, despite of the internal market rules, important differences across the European Union persist in terms of the SMEs' regulatory frameworks, in particular regarding the levels of certainty of future regulatory developments and of the legal quality of regulation in general;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concernedRecognises the growing significance of self-employment and micro enterprises, which are of vital importance for boosting innovation and entrepreneurship; is concerned, however, at the growing phenomenon of bogus self- employment across the EU, which cannot be considered in positive terms as contributing to the ‘growing number of micro-enterprises’, but, rather, undermines the image of entrepreneurship;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Highlights that the administrative burden of regulation is disproportionately higher for the self-employed and micro enterprises than for larger companies; considers in this regard that any measures concerning 'bogus self-employed workers' must be clearly targeted and must not place additional administrative burden on the individual;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Draws attention to the insolvency and bankruptcy risks for SMEs facing delays in payments; calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve the enforcement of the Late Payment Directive; calls, furthermore, on the Member States to consider adequate financial mechanisms, such as bank guarantees;