Activities of Marian HARKIN related to 2015/2354(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The Single Market strategy (A8-0171/2016 - Lara Comi)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
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2. Believes that barriers to doing business across borders are barriers to growth and job creation; believes that particular attention must be devoted to reduce administrative burdens through for example simplified VAT-requirements, one-stop-shops for digital public services for businesses with a particular focus for SME's and simplified rules for setting up businesses;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
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3. Notes that the deepening of the single market and the digital single market will bring new opportunities and challenges, such as skills, new forms of employment and financial structures, which will have to be addressed; notes with concern that 47 % of the EU-population is insufficiently digitally skilled and that the demand for digitally skilled employees are growing by 4 % per year, underlines in this regard the importance of Member States investing in digital education;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
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4. Notes the potential of the collaborative economy for job creation and a more inclusive labour market across Member States; believes that a country-by-country taxation principle needs to be establishednotes the need to adapt and modernise legislation to reach the potential of the shared economy;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
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6. Welcomes the Commission’s support for dual education systems; stresses the importance of ensuring that the SMS does not in any way undermine dual education systems; believes that dual education systems within the EU could be strengthened by a European benchmark on dual education which could highlight the correlation between dual education and youth employment;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
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7. Regrets that the services market remains fragmented; calls on the Commission to deliver the necessary reforms that will remove barriers in the service secton implementation of the Services Directive; underlines that assessments show that when administrative barriers are lower, more by adopting a targeted sector-specific approach for servicesusinesses are created and thereby is the potential for job-creation strengthened;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
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8. Calls on the Commission to work with the Member States to simplify and speed up procedures for the recognition of professional qualifications, including by facilitating and encouraging the introduction of Common Training Frameworks and a Services Passport to facilitate cross-border recognition of qualifications;