Activities of Jacky HÉNIN related to 2010/2095(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Industrial policy for the globalised era (debate)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the fact that, with the EU 2020 Strategy, the Commission is finally acknowledging the importance of an active industrial policy for sustainable growth and employment in Europe; urges the Commission to implement suitable measures and forms of support for the Member States that will enable an active industrial policy for sustainable growth and the development of national production, as a vital stimulus from the viewpoint of decent jobs, fair wages and economic and social cohesion in Europe;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to develop, together with the European Parliament and the Council, a qualitative and, where possible, quantitative vision for European industry in 2020, which looks towards sustainable development in the long term and lays down guidelines, for example for energy and resource efficiency, with a view to ensuring that European industry becomes more stable and competitive and jobs are created as a result; urges the Commission to take account, in all Community policies, especially commercial and monetary policy, of those guidelines for the protection of European industry, and to implement measures and forms of support for the Member States which will ensure sustainable industrial development;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the new, integrated approach calls for extremely effective collaboration within the Commission, and calls on the Commission to set up a permanent industrial policy task force to this end; which will take due account of the diversity of industrial production in the Member States and the nature of the contribution made, with a view to the development of national, regional and local production;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Is convinced that industry needs an energy policy focused on the long term which guarantees appropriate energy prices and security of supply, allows manufacturing to take place without the release of gases damaging to the climate, and prevents carbon leakage; points out that the internal energy market is an asset when it comes to switching to low-carbon production and supply, and that the network infrastructure must therefore be renewed and extended, and smart grids promoted; considers that a continued public-sector presence in the sphere of energy is essential for the development of industry and decent employment in the Member States, and that national energy strategies that prioritise industrial production in each Member State constitute an asset when it comes to switching to low-carbon production and supply;