Activities of Marine LE PEN related to 2014/2233(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
External impact of EU trade and investment policy on public-private initiatives (A8-0182/2015 - Jan Zahradil) FR
Amendments (13)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, owing to public budgetary constraints exacerbated by the economic and public debt crisis, it is important to improve the costs, effectiveness, efficiency and quality of public services and to ensure the timely delivery of public infrastructure, and whereas appropriate involvement of public and private actors can contribute to this;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, in addition, there are new areas to be developed which have not been provided in the past by public services, together with newly designed financial instruments and a network of free trade agreements which provide, or pave the way, for further participation in investmMember States should be invited to develop new areas which have not beent projects abroad bringing together private companies andvided in the past by public entitiservices;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the fact that the private sector may undervalue social infrastructure and the cover it provides, the considerable costs associated with providing infrastructure, the position of some sectors as natural monopolies or their strategic importance mean that in many cases open competition and privatisation are not the most suitable policy option whersince the public interest must prevail;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas many emerging and developing countries face a mismatch between the dynamism of private businesses and the lack of reliable public infrastructure; whereas such gaps (which are striking in India or Brazil) have undermined potential growth, limiting export/import capacities or disturbing production lines owing to the absence of sufficient port infrastructure, deficiencies in internal transport (railways, freight or highways) or dysfunctional power generation units and power distribution grids; whereas they also have a negative impact on human welfare (owing to scarcity of sewage and water distribution networks); whereas PPPs allow integrated solutions whereby a partner or a consortium provides ‘building’ (construction, engineering and architecture services), ‘financing’ (injection of private funds, at least to pre- finance a project) and ‘exploitation’ (maintenance, surveillance and management services);
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas, however, experience has demonstrated that PPPs have shown serious management deficiencies and governments have had to take on a heavy financial burden, in particular in the hospital and prison sectors;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it regrettable that while the EU has so far kept its government procurement markets largely open to international competition, many companies competing at EU level operate from protected countries, with such protection taking different forms such as state-owned enterprises, trade barriers in the field of government procurement, services or investment, preference for domestic bidders, restrictions on national treatment and market access, regulatory barriers to the establishment of branches or subsidiaries, and restrictions on access to financing, the EU has so far kept its government procurement markets largely open to international competition;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to work towards gaining substantial market access commitments internationally in the World Trade Organisation and in ongoing bilateral negotiations with third countries in order to redress the asymmetries in the level of openness of EU government procurement markets as compared with those of other trading partnerhelp Member States protect their government procurement markets by taking an approach based on reciprocity in relation to third countries which are partners of the Member States and have set up protectionist systems;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to monitor EU businesses abroad and draw conclusions on success stories, models and good practices, with a view to drawing up guidelines, and to consider creating virtual documentation centres or observatories, to promote user-friendly platforms and networks for informing EU SMEs about opportunities to participate in PPPs abroad and to provide technical support as regards the legal framework and expected challenges; also calls on the Commission to promote the use of clear and comprehensive accounting rules at the international level so as to reduce the uncertainties associated with PPPs, while at the same time promoting sound budgetary policies and the sustainability of projectproduce an assessment of their viability and protection, in order to inform EU SMEs;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12