Activities of Barbara KAPPEL related to 2016/2271(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Digitising European industry - Internet connectivity for growth, competitiveness and cohesion: European gigabit society and 5G (debate) DE
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on digitising European industry PDF (471 KB) DOC (108 KB)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas energetic efforts to reindustrialise Europe must be pursued with the aim of combining competitiveness and, sustainability and productivity;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas there is widespread concern as regards the labour market effects of digitalisation in industrial manufacturing as well as its possible effects on the workplace democracy and regional development;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point f
Paragraph 2 – point f
(f) Strengthening economic, policy and social innovation through the principles of openness and accessibility of public and private data and information;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights in this context the need to advance investment in connectivity through 5G and fibre optics as an instrument for convergence and ensuring a robust digital infrastructural backbone for Europe’s industry, which in turn will assist SMEs;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point a (new)
Paragraph 8 – point a (new)
(a) Stresses in this context that the establishment of a Knowledge and Innovation Community in the area of added-value manufacturing by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), during the current programme period, is of great importance;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the establishment of the Smart Specialisation Platform for Industrial Modernisation and particularly the Commission’s proposal for Digital Innovation Hubs (DIH) to strengthen industrial digitalisation and digital innovation for SMEs; calls on the Commission to increase the funding for the DIH;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights the fact that external foreign direct investment (FDI) has shown a growing interest in acquiring sensitive European technologies via M&A; calls on the Commission to study the CFIUS (Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States) experience in order to learn from it and develop appropriate measures;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 15 – point 1 (new)
(1) Points up the fact that reliable data protection and maximum network security are key requirements to be met by modern electronic communications; states that both must be part of inclusive digitisation, which has huge potential in the areas of education and training and innovative business opportunities, in particular for SMEs, and in general facilitates a new dimension of social interaction;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses that Europe faces a digital gap in terms of skills; calls for the implementation of a skills guarantee and the right to (re-)training and life-long- learning; emphasises the importance of ensuring the promotion of digital skills; calls on industry to grant employees a ‘digital sabbatical’; asks the Commission to launch a pan-European up-skilling initiative;