22 Amendments of Bernd LANGE related to 2013/2006(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the important political signal conveyed by the Commission in its request that the share of industrial value added be raised from 15.2% at present to 20% in 2020; stresses, however, that this target will only be realistic if it is underpinned by appropriate measures;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Regrets that the Commission still lacks an integrated industrial policy and that Article 173 TFEU on the coordination of EU industrial policy with the industrial policy of the EU Member States has still to be implemented;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Regrets that current macro-economic policy in the EU does not give the necessary access to capital for investment and innovation, especially for SMEs;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that Europe’s industrial value chain must be strengthened by future trade agreements, investment agreements and agreements on intellectual property, so an appropriate strategy already needs to be incorporated when the mandate is drawn up;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that industry is still of enormous importance for employment in the EU; observes that nearly 75% of European exports consist of industrial goods; stresses that industry creates every fourth job, provides employment for some 34 million people and is responsible for 80% of expenditure in the field of research and development, in addition to which each job in industry creates approximately two additional jobs in associated supply and service sectors;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Deplores the absence from the Commission proposal of any measures against wage dumping and social dumping and concerning employee participation and restructuring;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Regrets that the current dominant macroeconomic policy in the EU does not permit the necessary access to capital for investment and innovation, especially for SMEs, and hence runs counter to an IP;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that the EU’s IP should be clearly defined, as many different practices and trends currently dominate the field of IP within the EU and the Member States;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that policy in all other fields should be formulated taking into account the aims of IP in order to promote a holistic approach to industrial policy; recalls in this connection the ECSC, which proves that successful, integrated and innovative action is possible in the field of IP, generates growth and employment, promotes integration and is of a social partnership nature;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Welcomes the sectoral strategies in the motor vehicle (Cars 2020) and steel (steel action plan) industries and calls upon the Commission to adopt appropriate measures to implement the strategies;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Emphasises that only with an innovation, efficiency and sustainable technology offensive can the EU’s industrial base modernise and increase its core competitiveness; stresses that, in this context, particular account should be taken of the Commission’s annual report on innovation (Innovation Union Scoreboard 2013), which shows how innovation affects the enhancement of lasting competitiveness and which provides a comparative assessment of the performance of the EU Member States with regard to research and innovation and indicates the relative strengths and weaknesses of their research and innovation systems;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Thereby, it is crucial to involve employees pro-actively in the innovation process stimulating faster implementation and deeper acceptance of change to fostering "sustainable companies" which makes out competitiveness in three regards: top in economic, social and environmental terms;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Considers that wrong signals concerning supposedly high yields in the capital market bring pressure to bear on industrial undertakings and result in neglect of investment and innovations which are needed in order to achieve long-term success, with preference going instead to boosting profits in the short term;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission to submit an industrial strategy for renewable energies which covers the whole range of research activities, including funding, so as to ensure that the European Union’s leading position in the field of renewable energies is maintained;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Stresses that public procurement should be an innovation driver; believes that state aid guidelines should be open for innovation-enhancing policy measures; believes that standardisation and socio- ecolabelling have an important role to play in the uptake of new technologies;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Stresses that unfair dumping in third states must not be accepted and that workers’ rights must apply everywhere; calls on the Commission to ensure that there is not only free trade, but also fair trade, and that social and environmental standards and workers’ rights are enshrined in all future trade agreements; states that only then will a level playing field be established;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Stresses that Europe’s industrial value chain must be strengthened by future trade agreements, investment agreements and agreements on intellectual property, meaning that an appropriate strategy already needs to be incorporated when the mandate is drawn up;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)
Paragraph 34 b (new)
34b. Stresses that investment activity in growth markets must be strengthened and secured by trade agreements; states that investment in third states means that CSR standards and EU worker stakeholder standards must also be applied by EU firms in third states and regional development must be promoted;
Amendment 396 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Emphasises that information and consultation at the work place democratisation needs to be expandedis a fundamental right laid down in the European Treaty and that the European Work Councils, based on the Directive 2009/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community- scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees and employee interest representation at company level and in company board rooms - where applicable - in European Companies, based on the Directive 2001/86/EC of the Council of 8 October 2001 supplementing the Statute for a European company with regard to the involvement of employees, build a platform for enabling workplace democratisation in cross-border operating companies in Europe and that workers should have an individual right to training;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46a. Stresses that active participation by staff representatives and trade unions in fundamental business decisions promotes stability, innovative capacity and long- term business prospects;
Amendment 468 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59 a (new)
Paragraph 59 a (new)
59a. Calls for renewable energy guidelines and proposals for the capacity market to be put forward without delay;
Amendment 486 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61 a (new)
Paragraph 61 a (new)
61a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that there is a stable framework for energy supply in the coming decades, so as to ensure security of investment and thus make possible measures to boost sustainable competitiveness;