Activities of Thomas HÄNDEL related to 2013/2006(INI)
Shadow opinions (2)
OPINION on reindustrialising Europe to promote competitiveness and sustainability
OPINION on reindustrialising Europe to promote competitiveness and sustainability
Amendments (6)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses the need to develop an integrated concept of democratically- controlled economic development for the future which will include, build on and substantially supplement existing elements of industrial and service policy and structural and cohesion policy, thereby creating primarily social justice, good work and equivalent living conditions and developing a transformatory character in the form of social coexistence which is ready for reshaping;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission to put forward proposals for a European cluster policy in the form of cooperation between connected companies, suppliers, service providers and research centres. Such policies have existed for a long time at regional and national level, but their strengths have so far only been promoted politically at this level. They have contributed to competition between economies (not only) at European level. The benefits to be gained from the joint use of resources and expertise for companies, employees and regions also at European level would be one way of promoting more balanced development of industry and trade;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Considers that in order to achieve this, there must be information on the strengths of the Member States, improved synergies between funding approaches at EU level which already exist and new approaches to be developed, and joint management of such development processes. Developing these according to social, employment-policy and sustainable criteria and not to austerity principles requires a different, democratically- controlled model of European economic governance – and the primacy of democratic politics;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the internal market still has enormous, untapped potential to boost competitiveness and qualitative growth in the EU, and therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to accelerate their efforts to remove remaining barriers, to the benefit of EU consumers, employees and companies, particularly SMEs; , in the EU;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that industrial policy should be guided by the principle of ‘equal pay for equal work in the same location’; believes that professional qualifications and fair wages are not exclusively matters of social policy, but are also preconditions for qualitative growth, innovation and investment;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Is convinced that there is great potential for economising and reallocating in the area of armaments and nuclear energy and therefore calls on the Commission to stop promoting armaments projects and research and research into and use of nuclear energy and use these for the benefit of environmentally- sustainable, social and peaceful industrial development;