Activities of Liadh NÍ RIADA related to 2016/2074(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2015/012 BE/Hainaut Machinery (A8-0207/2016 - Victor Negrescu)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas, since 2007, the Caterpillar Group, amongst other companies of the sector, has established plants in emerging economies in Asia and Latin America whilst other were closing down in Europe; whereas the Union has done nothing but exacerbate dumping ;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that in recent years Union trade in construction machinery has undergone serious disruptions, due to declining public and private investment in infrastructure forced by austerity policies resulting in a dramatic loss of market share for European producers, coupled with significant increase of steel prices in Europe; points out that this decline in competitiveness has led to the and delocalisations, in particular to Asian countries;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Welcomes the extension of the access to the EGF for NEETs; notes however that this access is currently limited by the EGF Regulation until 31 December 2017; calls for the revision of the EGF Regulation, in the framework of the revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework, in order to enable the access of NEETs to continue after 2017;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls on the Member States to prepare, together with the social partners, strategies to anticipate the projected labour market changes and to protect Union jobs and skills, especially when negotiating trade agreements in order to ensure fair competition rules and common measures against economic, social and environmental dumping ; recalls its call for a proper revision of the Union's trade defence instruments ;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on the Commission to revise the rules on state aid in order to enable state intervention to enhance socially and environmentally beneficial projects, and to help SMEs and industries in difficulties by contributing to reconstructing their production capacities, which have been heavily hit by the global financial and economic crisis;