1 Amendments of Maria WALSH related to 2020/0104(COD)
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Past experiences have shown that investment is oftenThe policies of economic austerity adopted in the wake of the global financial crisis in 2008 led to a drastically cut during crisesin public investment. However, it is essential to support investment in this particular situation to speed up the recovery andact in a countercyclical way and support investment in times of crises, to speed up the economic and social recovery, protect employment and create new jobs, strengthen long- term sustainable growth potential. Investing in green and digital technologies, capacities and processes aimed at assisting clean energy transition, boosting energy efficiency in housing and other key sectors of the economic are important t, with the goal to also increase social resilience and cohesion, and to avoid an increase in of inequalities and poverty. To achieve sustainable growth and help create jobs. It will also help make the Union more resili it is vital to invest in greent and less dependent by diversifying key supply chainsdigital technologies, capacities and processes aiming to achieve a circular and carbon-neutral economy.