Activities of Amalia SARTORI related to 2011/0177(APP)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the interim report in the interest of achieving a positive outcome of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 approval procedure
Amendments (4)
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the added value of EU programmes in favour of SMEs, as these have proven very helpful in supporting Member States’ efforts to secure SMEs’ access to funding opportunities in a time of deep financial crisis; stresses, nevertheless, that a better and more diverse that an improved access to funding, from grants to loans or equity financing, should be available in the future for all European industrial actors; strongly believes that in the foreseen financial envelope for the Programme for the Competitiveness of enterprises and SMEs (COSME), the budget allocated to financial instruments shall be increased, and the access to it improved, so that the programme can be extended to include even more SMEs, and so that it answers more adequately to SMEs’ various need, and especially for SMEs;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4a (new)
Paragraph 4a (new)
4a. Strongly believes that the expenditure allocated for the Programme for the Competitiveness of enterprises and SMEs (COSME), should be significantly increased, in particular for financial instruments, so that the programme can reach even more SMEs, and could also finance business transfers;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Underlines the strategic importance of large-scale infrastructure projects (such as ITER, Galileo, GLONASEGNOS, GMES) for the future of the EU’s competitiveness and for the reinforcement of EU industries; believes that industrytheir financing should be secured in the EU budget on the basis of a fully autonomous and comprehensive multiannual budget, while improvements to the governance of industries should remain under EU Treaty rules; highlights that if any cost overruns arise in the course of the implementation of any of these projects, it should be covered in a manner that does not threaten the funding and the successful implementation of other large-scale projects or of other Union policies that contribute to achieving the goals of the EU 2020 strategy;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Underlines that an increase of the operational budget needs to be accompanied by an adequate increase of the administrative budget in order to ensure successful delivery of EU programmes;