4 Amendments of Anne SANDER related to 2016/2064(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the main aim of projects financed under the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) should be to create growth and a dynamic labour market in Europe, and hence to enhance the well-being of EU citizens; welcomes therefore the fact that the fund has already helped to afford better access to financing for nearly 200 000 small businesses and to create more than 100 000 jobs in Europe; calls on the Commission and Member States therefore to continue and expand the action of this fund in future;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to helpprioritise access to funding for SMEs and micro- enterprises to tap into funding more easily, as they are the businesses that have the greatest difficulty in accessing it, so as to increase their capacity to implement projects and afford them better access to advisory services and technical support;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the EFSI to operate in closer conjunction, and in a more complementary manner, with the existing Structural Funds, in order to ensure that the EFSI does fund future projects;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers it disappointing that the Commission’s assessment of the EFSI has failed to record the number of jobs created to date under the Fund, which is nearly 100 000 jobs in one year;