7 Amendments of Rachida DATI related to 2013/2177(INI)
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that economic growth depends on a stronger European industry, and therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to boost demand by supporting key steel-using sectors, stimulating investment conditions, strengthening the internal market and, advancing European infrastructure development projects and guaranteeing that at least 20 % of public contracts are reserved for European undertakings;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Draws attention to the importance and advisability of concluding a transatlantic trade and investment partnership for the purpose of increasing trade and demand for steel in key sectors, and stresses, therefore, that negotiations on the partnership should not compromise the EU’s industrial competitiveness in any of these sectors;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that there is a significant gap in industrial energy prices between the EU and its main competitors; recognises that energy prices are important cost drivers for the steel industry; believes that the efficient functioning of the single energy market, based on price transparency in particular, is a necessary precondition if the steel industry is to be supplied by secure and sustainable energy at affordable prices;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the key importance of price transparency on the energy market; calls on the Commission to put as precise a figure as possible on the impact that subsidies for mature renewable energies have on the industry’s competitiveness, and to take swift measures to address any shortcomings;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Commission to reconcile the political goals relating to climate and the environment with the competitiveness of the industry while avoiding risks of carbon leakage and relocation; calls on the Commission, therefore, to curb as of now the proliferation of environmental legislation, and to put an end to the situation whereby often contradictory environmental and energy objectives are set at one and the same time; calls on the Commission to make a start on a process of consolidating and rationalising legislation and existing objectives, with a view to supporting industrial competitiveness and employment in Europe, in particular by means of its REFIT programme;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that trade negotiations should follow a reciprocal approach under which considerations such as access to new markets, access to raw materials, risk of carbon leakages, the level playing field and leakages of knowhow are taken into account; believes that the establishment of a carbon inclusion mechanism at the EU borders could be a key tool in supporting the competitiveness of European undertakings and the vibrancy of European industrial regions;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Believes that incentive mechanisms should be established with a view to encouraging large multinationals to invest in research and development in the regions in which they carry out their industrial operations, for the purpose of supporting employment and the vibrancy of the regions in question;