8 Amendments of Pirkko RUOHONEN-LERNER related to 2017/2052(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that funding should be guaranteed for the new industrial policy strategy so that the EU can become the world leader in innovation, digitisation and decarbonisation; calls for the necessary financial programme to be safeguarded through a dedicated investment programme that facilitates the development of a comprehensive industrial strategy; takes the view that the effectiveness of funding of the new industrial policy strategy should be ensured by continuous gathering of sufficient statistics to realise high-quality follow-up and regular independent impact assessments;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates that, in the next MFF, financial instruments cannot replace grants in financing energy efficiency, renewable energy, innovative technologies for conventional energy and R&I projects, as only grants can maximise output on the ground; takes the view that the effectiveness of grants and other funding instruments should be ensured by regular impact assessments that can directly guide the allocation of new funding.
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the importance of completing the digital single market by making full use of spectrum, 5G and internet connectivity, and by making further progress on EU telecom rules, including harmonisation of pricing and ensuring a flexible service throughout the EU;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reiterates the need to continue wit, in so far as the programmes under Horizon 2020 promote technology and knowledge by producing either basic research Horizon 2020 useful applied research, to continue its funding and to provide it with at least the same share of funding as at present in order to respond to societal challenges and secure Europe’s global competitiveness and industrial leadership in innovationposition in the forefront of industrial technology; calls also for a greater focus on implementing innovation through joint undertakings, on supporting investment in key technologies and on ensuring that SMEs have better access to risk capital;
Amendment 130 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for an upgraded EFSI that would make it possible to bridge the gap between research and the market and would focus on boosting market innovationsupport innovative solutions and the development of technologies without sidelining private innovative projects and their funding, because what Europe needs is increased private risk capital rather than public funding;
Amendment 141 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that the next EU budget should include sufficient space-related funding to continue and further develop the EU’s flagship Galileo, EGNOS and Copernicus space programmes; similarly, it needs to be ensured that space programmes engender positive technological developments which then spread to other parts of society;
Amendment 159 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Draws attention to the European Defence Fund and the recent Commission proposal for a European defence industrial development programme which is intended to cover the period 2019-2020; welcomes the Commission’s intention to submit both a more substantial defence industrial development programme and a programme to support defence research as part of the MFF; considers that these programmes should not draw funds away from other programmes in the same heading. similarly, it needs to be ensured that defence programmes engender positive technological developments which then spread to other parts of society;