Activities of Louis MICHEL related to 2015/2320(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
How best to harness the job creation potential of SMEs? (A8-0248/2016 - Zdzisław Krasnodębski) NL
Amendments (8)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas SMEs create more jobs than other private sector companies, providing about two thirds of all private- sector employment in the EU and whereas entrepreneurs and SMEs make an important contribution to the socio- economic growth and development of the EU;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that in order to ensure better conditions for job creation for the SME sector Member States must address the following problems, which are unequally present in different regions: skills scarcity and brain drain; regulatory burdens and regulatory uncertainty; the shadow economy; poor innovation capacity; limited access to funding arrangements; the lack of availability and quality of business parks; high energy costs and the de facto privileged position of multinational corporations (MNCs);
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that labour costs and the business climate have an impact on SMEs’ job creation potential and, competitiveness and market share;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Takes the view that the artificial academisation of specific professions is not helpful if one wishes to tackle the problem of skills scarcities in SMEs; bBelieves that vocational training in education must be more in keeping with the profiles that are needed on the labour market and that vocational training, and especially dual systems operatrganised in cooperation with SMEs and businesses, with the aim of acquiring recruits with specific competences, should be given more public support;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Asks Member States to foster the development of a strong enterprise culture by embedding entrepreneurial and management skills in education at all levels;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. asks the Commission to organise major information and education campaigns in cooperation with Member States with a view to promoting the socio- economic benefit and attractiveness of entrepreneurship as a career opportunity;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. calls on Member States to adopt favourable legislative frameworks and funding arrangements for young graduates who are employed by an SME or are starting up an enterprise;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that in some cases EU competition policy results in privileging that mostly benefits big market operators that are characterised by greater economic efficiency than SMEs; therefore asks that cooperation between larger businesses and SMEs be stimulated; stresses in this regard the need for specific measures for SMEs in order to curb their market diseconomies, thus enabling their internationalisation and boosting their jobsuring access to innovative research and process-oriented innovation and access to public tendering procedures; also points out the increasing importance of internationalising SMEs and the need to organise and introduce targeted initiatives and measures – tailored to SMEs – in order to foster export opportunities for SMEs and their internationalisation and to encourage them to explore and enter new and rapidly growing markets outside the EU, and thereby increase the competitiveness, market share and employment creation potential of SMEs;