Activities of Lídia PEREIRA related to 2021/2185(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Competition policy – annual report 2021 (debate)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic need to be adequately taken into account and that the guiding principle should be the phasing out of specific support measures in a reasonable, phasing out of specific support measurrogressive, proportionate manner and according to a timeframe enabling full compliance with competition law while safeguarding the competitiveness of our companies;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Advocates for this in-depth review, which must necessarily focus on safeguarding the competitiveness of European businesses and promoting economic growth, to seek to establish flexibility mechanisms in European competition law for exceptional situations such as pandemics; believes, however, that European competition law currently comprises stringent requirements for the protection of free competition in the internal market and that under no circumstances should exceptional arrangements become windows of opportunity for channelling public funding – whether national or European – into capitalising companies that are economically unviable or of no real strategic interest to the public;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes a positive view of the use made of the temporary framework for State aid measures, stressing the appropriateness and reasonableness of the decisions taken in its implementation; asks, however, the Commission to provide a timely assessment as soon as possible to enable the European Parliament to have a solid and fact-based political debate and provide Europe’s lawmakers with relevant information for a future amendment of the legal framework;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the launch of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC), which will seek to deepen economic and transatlantic relations based on common values; notes with appreciationand takes a positive view that the transformation of the EU’s rules vis-à- vis digital platform companies is mirrored by comparable legislative initiatives and individual investigations in the US, while hoping that this reciprocal effort will be maintained and deepened;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Stresses the importance of guarantees of independence for national supervisory and competition authorities, reiterating the ever-growing need to ensure more effective channels of communication, information and cooperation at European level; emphasises in this regard the need to provide these authorities with the necessary human, financial and technological resources for the proper performance of their tasks; highlights, lastly, the importance of maintaining the most stringent requirements of transparency and independence concerning the mandates of these authorities, from the mechanisms for appointment to the rules for access to information;