Activities of Emmanuel MAUREL related to 2020/2076(INI)
Shadow opinions (2)
OPINION on A New Industrial Strategy for Europe
OPINION on a New Industrial Strategy for Europe
Amendments (16)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the Commission’s initiatives to support European SMEs’ access to international markets; stresses, however, that SMEs have to deal with too many regulations and burdens and excessive bureaucracycalls for a reform of our state aid rules to permit larger subsidies for our SMEs; stresses that SMEs are kept at a competitive disadvantage by investing in climate neutrality to comply with the Green Deal while trying to remain competitive and thrive on export markets;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that this crisis has demonstrated the need for the EU to adjust its industrial strategy by strengthening the defence of its strategic interests without abandoning international trade; it should also amend its provisions, going beyond the opportunities provided, in particular, by the Regulation on screening of foreign direct investments, making the acquisition of EU companies by foreign investors the exception and no longer the rule;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to focus on domestic productivity within Europe, in order to establish less dependence on vulnerable supply chains in core industry sectors such as the tech and telecommunications, medical products and pharmaceuticals sectors, especially in times of global crisis, and to remain competitive on the global markets; calls for a European health exception, notified to the WTO and included in all trade agreements, past and future;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the fact that the Competitiveness Council on 15 May 2020 referred to 14 industrial ecosystems whose strategic independence should be ensured, but is very concerned about the viability of companies that have had access to loans guaranteed by the Member States and by the European Investment Bank, whose positive action has nevertheless led to a general increase in the level of private debt;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that such an objective implies relocating in the EU the industries corresponding to these ecosystems, so as to avoid any excessive dependence on third countries; to that end, State aids must undergo an in-depth reform and our international economic commitments must be revised;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Supports, in principle, the initiative to reinforce a rule-based multilateral trading system; expresses its concern, however, about the functioning of the WTO, owing to some international actors abusing their market power; stresses that European industry has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic; stresses its strong supply dependence; calls for long-term measures for a stronger European industrial sovereignty which is more integrated, more local and more robust, so as to avoid supply chain disruptions;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that it is also prudent to encourage Member States to build up sufficient stocks of certain emergency equipment, such as FFP2 masks and surgical masks, but also to protect and develop their medical and pharmaceutical production sector, including through derogations from the WTO rules and implementation of a genuine ‘European sanitary exception’;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that although imported products should always comply with EU technical, environmental and health standards and with EU intellectual property law, it is important to note that the reality is quite different, and that tougher measures are needed if we want to preserve our social model, fulfil our ecological and climate commitments, and protect our production sector;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to work towards effective and operationalstrengthened and supported procurement that allows the EU to take swift, targeted and compelling measures and increase leverage to negotiate reciprocity and market openingto strengthen its rules on reciprocity in relation to the opening of its market;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls urgently for the introduction of a 'Buy European Act';
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls for public contracts in Europe no longer to be subject to competition from third countries without guarantees of reciprocity;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the environmental priority set out in the Commission’s ‘European Green Deal’ should incentivise the EU to promote its own development of ‘green’ technologies and to introduce a carbon tax at its external bordersborders that is sufficiently high to dissuade any external competitor from ignoring its international commitments, notably the 2015 Paris Agreement;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the reinforcement of the safeguard instruments in order to make them more efficient and better adapted to protect European industry and to tackle market distortions effectively; calls for the introduction of an ambitious carbon border adjustment mechanism to tackle environmental dumping and climate change;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to help tack the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by pursuing an ambitious policy of stimulating innovation in technologies of the future, in particular those using artificial intelligence., whose success is highly dependent on active support for investment through a reduction in private debt, support for the establishment of own resources and amendment of the regulatory environment, in particular the establishment of a ‘Buy European Act’ for public procurement;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for legal challenges to government measures addressing the health, economic and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to be countered, and, more generally, for an immediate moratorium on investor-state arbitrations;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)