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9 Amendments of Angelo CIOCCA related to 2017/2052(INI)

Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the impReiterates that the free movement of capital is the ideal environment for tance of completing the energy union, the digital single market, the capital markets union and the European research areax avoidance and for helping major transnational corporations to maximise their profits to the detriment of other companies and of employment-related income; rejects, therefore, the capital markets union, since it runs counter to the aims set out in Article 3 TEU, in particular the well-being of the Union's peoples, full employment and social progress and economic, social and territorial cohesion;
2017/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 3 #
1. Highlights the importance of completing the energy union, the digital single market, the capital markets union and the European research areaRejects the Energy Union governance model proposed by the Commission, since it is designed to transfer to the EU the exclusive competences of the Member States as enshrined in Article 194 TFEU; further notes that this governance, modelled on the European Semester, is likely to reproduce the major political conflicts between Member States caused by the latter;
2017/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for an upgrad targeted and more effective Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) which will close the missing links in Europe’s energy and digital backbone by supporting the development of high- performance, sustainable and efficiently interconnected trans-European networks in the fields of energy and digital services;
2017/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates that, in the next MFF, financial instruments cannot replace grants in financing energy efficiency, renewable energy, - the exploitation technologies for which are not yet mature - innovative technologies for conventional energy and R&I projects, as only grants can maximise output on the ground;
2017/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
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 rulesestablishing the appropriate infrastructure to ensure that Member States have genuine digital sovereignty;
2017/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for an upgraded EFSI that would make it possible to bridge the gap between research and the market and would focuUnderlines that the EFSI has failed to guarantee growth or tackle unemployment; proposes, therefore, to stop its financing so that Member States can use this mon boosting market innovationey for the benefit of their citizens;
2017/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 169 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Points out that Union funding, because it is linked to size-based parameters and not macroeconomic fundamentals and because it is designed to address structural, not short-term, problems, cannot offer effective protection against economic shocks, such as those triggered by the financial crisis of 2007- 2008;
2017/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 175 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Notes that Union funding, although intended as an instrument to offset imbalances between Member States, in practice magnifies those imbalances, in that the provision of funding is based on the twin principles of co-financing and conditionality; points out, accordingly, that Union funding is a particularly underhand means by which the EU exercises control over Member-State spending policies;
2017/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 179 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Reiterates its concerns regarding Union funds and their role in supplying concrete answers to citizens' needs and to the growing difficulties they are having to face, such as unemployment, wage deflation, economic recession, deindustrialisation, poverty and security threats; underlines the need to properly evaluate which funds could be better managed at national level in order to fully respect the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality;
2017/11/16
Committee: ITRE