3 Amendments of Anni PODIMATA related to 2011/2288(INI)
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that the EU should fully exploit its position as the world's largest single common market (including its high standard of living, high labour efficiency, legal certainty and research and innovation capacity), foreign investor and trader in tackling the fiscal crisis, and highlights the need for more efficient tools and methods, new funding mechanisms and investment schemes, such as EU project bonds, that could exploit Europe's competitive advantages and realize the goals of the Europe 2020 EU' s growth strategy, such as green growth, in order to address the recession and slow growth challenges;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the ECB’s longer-term refinancing operations (LTRO); calls on the ECB to further act in a decisive way in addressing the current euro-area debt crisis by maintaining price stability while at the same time minimising negative spill-over effects on the real economy and on the investments that the banking sector’s liquidity problems could generate and, moreover, shaping the operational framework of the banks in such a way that a proportion of the grants be made available for development purposes and for support of small and medium-sized enterprises. Finally, that it should establish a network of collaboration and utilisation of EU resources;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Supports the objectives of the Innovation Union; calls on Member States to target investment in education, research and innovation, given the medium- and long- term positive effects it can have on growth and development; supports smart specialisation as an important policy principle and concept for innovation policy and stronger links between research and entrepreneurship;