12 Amendments of Isabella TOVAGLIERI related to 2022/2008(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the new Industrial Strategy was updated to reflect the lessons learned from COVID-19, and that this strategy will be key toshould go further in enhancing EU competitiveness and overcoming future challenges, such as Union independence for the most strategic economic sectors; recalls that a strong governance system, European preference and market surveillance are essential in order to relaunch the single market; calls on the Commission to focus on ensuring that the industrial strategy helps remove single market barriers and avoid further fragmentation;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the need to strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs and industry by addressing supply risks, dependencies, disruptions and vulnerabilities, especially in the green and digital economies; stresses that effective public procurement will lead to more jobs, growth and innovative investments; recalls that the selection and award criteria should not result in an unreasonable administrative burden, particularly for European micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the need to strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs and industry by addressing supply risks, dependencies, disruptions and vulnerabilities, especially in the green and digital economies; stresses that public procurement can play an active role in achieving the New Industrial Strategy objectives, such as the emergence of competitive European businesses; stresses that effective public procurement will lead to more jobs, growth and innovative investments;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates the need to enhance European strategic autonomy by investing in skills, digital infrastructures, particularly for the storage and processing of European user data, and key technologies such as AI, cybersecurity, 5G and 6G, microprocessors and semiconductors, high-performance computing and quantum technologies;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that developing these key sectors requires that a European preference system be established for local or European production in public procurement contracts in Europe;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the update of the industrial strategy; stresses that for the Green Deal to be a true growth strategy, reduce dependencies and maintain a level playing field for European industry during the transition, it needs to be accompanied by ambitious industrial policy; stresses also that this industrial policy must place SMEs at the centre of all measures and objectives;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets that the same update was neither carried out in 2021 nor planned for 2022 for the SME strategy; expresses its concern for European micro- enterprises, strongly affected by the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic and now by the increase in raw materials and energy costs caused by the current international crisis; stresses that there can be no real European growth without an industrial policy that takes account of the European manufacturing entrepreneurship, 99% composed of SMEs;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to present clear transition pathways for the industrial ecosystem as soon as possible, with the transparent involvement of stakeholders representing the entire supply chain, including by identifying the needs for a successful transition in terms of infrastructure, technologies and skills; calls on the Commission to ensure consistency and coordination across all initiatives, objectives, funding and regulatory instruments that will support industry through the transitions; calls for annual monitoring and reporting on the competitiveness and resilience of our industrial ecosystems and on the progress made on the transition pathways, so that instruments can be adapted swiftly when needed;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the EU is outperformed by other economic powers in research and development (R&D) expenditures as a percentage of GDP; reiterates the importance of an ambitious level of investment in R&D; regrets that the target of 3 % of GDP investments in R&D has still not been achieved in the vast majority of Member States; calls on the Commission to ensure that investment in R&D is geared towards the participation of micro enterprises;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s announcement issuing guidance on public procurement; stresses that public procurement is an essential instrument for national and economic security and for supporting the uptake of and demand for clean products; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to review public procurement and competition rules where needed; calls for an increasing of SMEs share in public procurement contracts by safeguarding SME access and combating procurement criteria that set requirements or qualifications beyond the core elements of the service or goods purchased;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights the importance of including education, upskilling and reskilling in the transition pathways; emphasises that training is essential for improving the skills of SME staff in areas such as blockchain, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence; calls on the Commission to develop a strategy for vocational education and business- education partnerships within regional industrial clusters to boost skills and enhance the uptake of ready-for-market innovations by SMEs;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines that SMEs and start-ups are playing a central role in the digitalisation of the EU and are a critical source of innovation; stresses the need to improve their access to financing; digital SMEs, in particular in traditional sectors where digitisation is not developed;