5 Amendments of András GYÜRK related to 2014/2210(INI)
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that family businesses demonstrate a high degree of social responsibility towards their staff and that they generally take a more sustainable and longer-term approach to the economic future of the business (by acting as ‘honourable businessmen, responsible owners or stewards’) than non- family businesses and thus make an important contribution to Europe’s competitiveness and create and maintain jobs;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and especially the Member States therefore to improve the legal framework for the transfer of family businesses, including creating one-stop shops for business going through a transfer process, and create special financing instruments for transfers and thus prevent liquidity shortages so as to ensure the survival of family businesses and prevent distress sales;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to commission regular and adequately financed studies that analyse the importance of ownership for the success and survival of a business and, highlight the specific challenges facing family businesses and develop a statistically workable definition of family businesses in cooperation with Eurostat; calls on the Commission also to collect enough data on family businesses in the various Member States both to allow a comparison of the situation of family businesses, as well as a comparison of family businesses and non- family businesses, and to promote exchanges of examples of good practices;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to strive to strengthen entrepreneurship throughout the EU and to create an favourable environment for business excellence;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to urgently draw up a communication analysing the role of family businesses with a view to boosting the competitiveness of the EU’s economy by 2020, and to produce a road map listing the measures likely to strengthen the economic environment and development of family businesses in the EU;