Activities of Maria da Graça CARVALHO related to 2022/2008(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of the Updated New Industrial Strategy for Europe: aligning spending to policy (debate)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on the implementation of the Updated New Industrial Strategy for Europe: aligning spending to policy
Amendments (61)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the new Industrial Strategy was updated to reflect the lessons learned from COVID-19 and boost the recovery of the single market, and that this strategy will be key to enhancing EU competitiveness and overcoming, delivering on the green and digital transitions and ensuring that the Single Market is better equipped to face future challengrises; recalls that a strong governance system and a digitalised market surveillance system are essential in order to relaunch and ensure the proper functioning and deepening of the single market; calls on the Commission to focus on ensuring that the industrial strategy helps to remove unjustified single market barriers and helps to avoid further fragmentation and diverging national approaches, while at the same time taking into account the need to strengthen consumer protection; recalls the importance of eliminating excessive bureaucracy and costs for SMEs and micro-enterprises operating in the single market;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. RHighlights that the policies for industry, trade, competition and the single market should be considered in a holistic way within the industrial strategy, which should have the ecosystems at the core, should aim at aligning the different instruments and be fully integrated with the existing initiatives; recalls that the new Industrial Strategy was updated to reflect the lessons learned from COVID-19 and to boost the recovery of the single market, and that this strategy will be key to enhancing EU competitiveness and overcoming future challenges; recalls that a strong governance system and market surveillance are essential in order to relaunch the single market, which is the EU greatest asset; calls on the Commission to focus on ensuring that the industrial strategy helps remove single market barriers and, avoid further fragmentation and diverging national approaches;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights the need for key Union policies to be considered in a holistic way within the industrial strategy, which should aim at aligning the different instruments and be fully integrated with existing initiatives; further stresses that the industrial strategy must be coherent and must safeguard and favour industrial competitiveness in all areas of European policy, while also ensuring consumer protection and progress towards environmental objectives; recalls, in this context, the importance of maintaining and further developing European leadership in strategic sectors, particularly for those sectors that proved to be essential during the COVID-19 pandemic; emphasises that European industrial policy must benefit all Member States; underlines the importance of maintaining an open dialogue with all industrial sectors and relevant stakeholders;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Recalls the uncoordinated restrictions that seriously disrupted the proper functioning of the internal market during the pandemic and led to major disruptions of supply chains in many industrial ecosystems, particularly in the food and pharmaceutical sectors; in this respect, underlines the need to prevent imbalances in the European food supply chain and to ensure food security, as well as to guarantee resilience with regard to pharmaceutical and medical production; also recalls that the border controls and closures led to difficulties for cross border or seasonal workers and underlines the importance of the barrier-free transport; calls on the Commission to further assess the pandemic-related disruptions in cross- border value-chains as the industrial strategy must provide for the completion of value chains in certain industries in order to promote the open strategic autonomy of the EU;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Underlines that Russia’s illegal, unprovoked and unjustified war against Ukraine increases the urgency to build a more resilient, sustainable and robust economic base in the EU and complete the single market in key industrial and strategic sectors; underlines, in this context, the importance of diversification of supplies and preventing over- dependency in areas such as energy, raw materials and critical products as this may lead to vulnerabilities and reduce the EU’s ability to act; stresses the need for a coordinated European approach in the areas of energy production, transport infrastructure (TEN-T) while improving resource efficiency and promoting the circular economy, in order to strengthen the Industrial Strategy;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Calls on the Commission and Member States to adopt a holistic approach when it creates incentives to support strategic industrial sectors and their supply chains, such as food, pharmaceutics and others, which are facing a sharp increase of energy, transport and raw materials' costs due to the current war in Ukraine; calls on the Commission in particular to implement a strategy on critical raw materials and resources needed for the key enabling technologies, the digitalisation and the green transition; furthermore, supports targeted relief measures for vulnerable customers and companies in the industrial context in particular vulnerable SMEs and micro-enterprises, to alleviate the worst economic and social impacts of high-energy prices;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates the need to enhance open European strategic autonomy by investing in skillsaddressing disruptions and vulnerabilities of supply chains and ensuring their resilience and by investing in skills, professional qualifications, cybersecurity, digital infrastructures, the data economy and key technologies such as AI, cybersecurity, 5G and 6G, microprocessors and semiconductors, high-performance computing and quantum technologiebattery, 3D production, high-performance computing and quantum technologies; highlights the urgency in scaling up innovative breakthrough industrial technologies across the Union, in particular for critical energy intensive industries, also aiming at closing carbon loops across the value chains of energy intensive industries by reusing and recycling resources; takes into account the need to make full use of Artificial Intelligence in a responsible way; underlines that rural, remote and outermost areas must also benefit from these investments;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Emphasises the importance of improving the availability of data, while respecting data protection rules, and advocates a Single Market for data to support the EU industrial development, to foster innovation and to strengthen the Digital Single Market as a whole; asks the Commission to accelerate on all data- related initiatives, improving data sharing and exchange, contributing to the development of common European data spaces and fostering the creation of shared European infrastructures; believes that the EU should cooperate effectively with international partners to achieve compatible digital standards;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Recalls that in order to achieve open strategic autonomy, the green and digital transitions must be accelerated across the EU; underlines the massive investment gap existing in the technology industries enabling the digital and green transformation of our society and reiterates the need to strengthen investments in digital and green technologies; calls on the Commission, as well as the Member States, to fully support such a horizontal approach, in order to ensure that Europe remains a global leader in a crucial enabling technology;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Recalls that the Green Deal can only be achieved with an increase in the production and use of renewable energy while at the same time recognising the importance of energy efficiency measures which will lead to reductions in primary energy consumption and ensuring sufficient access to affordable, secure and diversified clean energy in order to progress the European industry’s green transition and its global competitiveness; additionally, welcomes the launch of the New European Bauhaus Initiative in the context of the Industrial Strategy in order to promote and develop sustainability in particular when it comes to the architectonic, construction and housing sectors, while additionally focusing on sustainable city planning and development and ensuring the inclusion of all European citizens;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Underlines that the industrial strategy should address the key obstacles to a faster development of renewables and increase sustainable consumption, inter alia, by finding ways to better connect SMEs and energy producers in the system; underlines that reliable and verifiable environmental information as well as information on durability and reparability of products is key in transforming consumption patterns in a sustainable direction;
Amendment 11 #
4 e. Calls for a relaunch of the single market strategy in order to further unlock the potential of the Single Market by de- fragmentising regulatory approaches, adopting proportionate legislation, modernising public administrations and easing bureacratic burdens for business regarding administrative procedures, overcoming existing barriers to investments, in order to reduce regulatory compliance costs, stimulating competition, favouring market-led innovation and promoting the EU as a world leader in consumer protection; stresses that EU industrial competitiveness relies on a fully functioning and resilient Single Market that delivers benefits for all Member States and their citizens, in particular by focusing on consumer rights as well as the needs of businesses, including SMEs, micro enterprises and start-ups;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4 g. Calls on the Commission to come forward with an ambitious Single Market Emergency Instrument that strengthens resilience and ensures a well-functioning Single Market in crisis times while also developing strong crisis preparedness measures without undermining efforts to eliminate unjustified barriers in the Single Market; furthermore asks the Commission to improve the effectiveness of existing governance tools;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 h (new)
Paragraph 4 h (new)
4 h. Recalls that in addition to vertical ecosystems, there is a need to have horizontal approaches, such as on enabling technologies, and that the digital ecosystem must be integrated with all other industrial ecosystems horizontally; reminds that the tourism ecosystem was hit hardest during the pandemic, and several other ecosystems also face a slow recovery, such as the textile industry and the cultural and creative industry, while on the other hand, the digital ecosystem increased its turnover during the crisis; stresses the importance of the Industrial Forum established by the Industrial Strategy and notes that among of the five task forces that were created, one is directly relevant for the single market and analyses the horizontal aspects of the single market and the removal of unjustified barriers, and another one has a specific focus on advanced manufacturing as an horizontal enabler for a wide range of ecosystems;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges the European standardisation strategy and underlines that standards aharmonised standards along with innovation can increase economic, societal and environmental welfare, including the health and safety of consumers and workers; considers that well-performing standards are therefore essential for a well- functioning single market, the safety of products, global competitiveness and the green and digital transitions and the protection of consumers; underlines the importance of transparency, inclusiveness and avoiding excessive bureaucracy in standardisation; considers that the standardisation strategy should aim to help improve material reuse and recycling and foster secondary resource uptake;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses that is crucial that the standardisation strategy continues to attract the best experts, encourages a more coordinated approach in terms of international standard-setting and that strategic objectives are discussed and agreed with the active participation of all relevant stakeholders involved;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Calls for ambitious proposals of the European Commission concerning the upcoming customs reform including the Union Customs Code; underlines the importance of ensuring that custom controls throughout the EU follow the same standards calls for a reform which ensures open, fair and sustainable trade and that consumer are protected against dangerous and non-compliant products; call upon the European Commission to take into account for its reform the "Report by the Wise Persons Group on the Reform of the EU Customs Union" (2022)1a; _________________ 1a Putting more Union in the European Customs - Ten proposals to make the EU Customs Union fit for a Geopolitical Europe. Report by the Wise Persons Group on the Reform of the EU Customs Union, Brussels, March 2022.
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the need to strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs, microenterprises and industry by addressing supply risks, dependencies, disruptions and vulnerabilities, especially in the green and digital economies; stresses that an effective public procurement will lead to more jobs, growth and innovative investments, open, fair and cooperative public procurement framework alongside public investment can play an important role in supporting jobs, sustainable growth, competitiveness, innovative investments and fostering sustainable consumption and the uptake of sustainable products; calls on the Commission and Member States to continue working on the proper implementation of EU public procurement legislation, which reflects economic, social and environmental considerations, in order to create a well- functioning and harmonised Single Market; recalls the importance of the Commission’s guidance on green public procurement which will help the EU’s efforts in becoming a resource efficient economy and will help stimulate demand for more sustainable goods and services while also fostering eco-innovation;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Reminds the importance of the guidelines developed by the Commission that give practical indications about how Member States should include performance goals and quality criteria, such as the Most Economic Advantageous Tender (MEAT) one, in the contracts awarded through public procurement and how to better involve a plurality of manufacturers, including SMEs and microenterprises; calls on the Commission and Member States to consider closely the position of SMEs when it comes to participation in public procurement; underlines the importance of SMEs for competitiveness and innovation in the internal market while recognising their position as producers and also as providers of industrial services to other manufacturers; calls on the Commission to support SMEs, microenterprises and start-ups in improving access to finance while helping to decrease buyouts and take overs of European companies, where such buyouts or takeovers threaten European innovation, and to provide clear guidance on how to comply with EU sectorial rules, where relevant;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges the European standardisation strategy and underlines that standards are essential for a well- functioning single market, global competitiveness and the green and digital transitionsthe safety of products, global competitiveness, the green and digital transitions and ultimately European society at large; stresses that is crucial that the strategy continues to attract the best experts, boosts a more coordinated approach in terms of international standards setting and that strategic objectives are discussed and agreed with the active participation of all stakeholders involved, including the research community; underlines the need to develop tools to monitor standards in order to support SMEs and microenterprises to identify those that are particularly relevant for them;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Recalls the importance of effective and sustainable public procurement practices, especially in the context of the health ecosystem; urges the Commission to support Member States in the development of targeted rules, regarding the joint procurement of essential goods such as medicines, aiming to ensure long- term sustainability, security of supply, fair competition and investments in manufacturing capabilities;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Recalls the importance of competition rules adapted to new dynamics of the EU market and to a changing global context to guarantee effective and fair competition in the Single Market and to enhance consumers choice;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the commitments to increase R&D investments to 3 % of GDP and to strengthen the European Research Area to develop a single market for research and innovation; underlines that industrial alliances and public-private partnerships are important to develop breakthrough technologieswelcomes the establishment of industrial alliances in different sectors and underlines that such alliances along with public-private partnerships are important to develop breakthrough technologies; stresses that increased investment in R&D is an absolute necessity if the EU is to remain competitive; underlines that R&D investment should focus on all industrial sectors, and not just the manufacturing sector, and calls on the Commission and member states to facilitate greater participation of SMEs and micro- enterprises in the R&D market; calls on the Commission to ensure transparency, inclusiveness consistency and synergy in all initiatives, funding and regulatory instruments supporting industry, SMEs and microenterprises, particularly when it comes to the green and digital transition; calls on the Commission to develop a European Innovation Area that aims to turn scientific results into commercial products, supporting start-ups and SMEs and retaining businesses within the Union's single market;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that in addition to vertical ecosystems, there is a need to have horizontal approaches, such as on enabling technologies, and that the digital ecosystem must be integrated with all other industrial ecosystems horizontally.Highlights the need to implement the initiatives aimed at reinforcing the European Research Area, the European Education Area and the European Innovation Ecosystems, aiming at building a strong European internal market for research and innovation;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on the Commission to develop concrete actions to support Member States to address the skills mismatch in certain sectors while also promoting decent working conditions; calls to re-balance within the single market the drain of talents, technological experts and know-how and to improve research, innovation and technological development funding; furthermore, stresses the need for Member States to take decisive action through their national frameworks to properly implement the Pact for Skills and the other Union’s initiatives aimed at creating reskilling and upskilling opportunities for workforce; recalls the importance of strengthening education and training in particular to develop the skills needed to support the green and digital transitions of the Single Market;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Highlights the need for a permanent dialogue among relevant authorities and economic operators to ensure that the workforce is better prepared for the new industrial needs; recalls that the green and digital transition of the industrial sectors need the recognition of highly skilled and skilled professionals;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine has shown once again that the EU is highly dependent on energy supply from third countries;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the need to strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs, microenterprises and industry by addressing supply risks, dependencies, disruptions and vulnerabilities, especially in the green and digital economies; stresses that an effective, open, fair and cooperative public procurement framework will lead to more jobs, growth and innovative investments; reminds the importance of the guidelines developed by the Commission that give practical indications about how Member States should include performance goals and quality criteria, such as the Most Economic Advantageous Tender (MEAT) one, in the contracts awarded through public procurement and how to better involve a plurality of manufacturers, including SMEs and microenterprises;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas a high level of energy supply dependency, such as on Russia, and high energy prices can be detrimental to the production capacities of European companies;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls the importance of effective and sustainable public procurement practices, especially in the context of the health ecosystem; urges the Commission to support Member States in the development of targeted rules, regarding the joint procurement of essential goods such as medicines, aiming to ensure long- term sustainability, security of supply, fair competition and investments in manufacturing capabilities;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the European Commission to come forward with an ambitious Single Market Emergency Instrument that ensures a well- functioning Single Market in crisis and also in non-crisis times;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates the need to enhance European strategic autonomy by addressing disruptions and vulnerabilities of supply chains and ensuring their resilience, especially in areas such as raw materials, digital technologies (including micro-processors), photovoltaic technologies and to incentivise the production of critical goods, such as essential medicines; recalls how strategic autonomy should be pursued also investing in skills, digital infrastructures, access to data and key technologies such as AI, cybersecurity, 5G and 6G, microprocessors and semiconductors, batteries, high-performance computing and quantum technologie, quantum and cyber technologies; highlights the urgency in scaling up innovative breakthrough industrial technologies in the productive regions across the Union, in particular for critical energy intensive industries; calls on the Commission to make sure that value chains are taken into account in their entirety, especially when analysing strategic dependencies and identifying the investments that are needed across the industrial ecosystems;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines that in order to make the Union’s single market fit for the digital age, it is crucial to prioritise investments in digital infrastructures, bridge the digital divide and improve digital literacy and skills, without neglecting rural, remote and outermost areas; stresses the need for Member States to act seriously through their national frameworks to make sure they implement the Pact for Skills and the other Union’s initiatives aimed at creating reskilling and upskilling opportunities for workforce; recalls to this end the importance to strengthen education and training to further integrate the knowledge triangle and highlights the need to implement the initiatives aimed at reinforcing the European Research Area, the European Education Area and the European Innovation Ecosystems, aiming at building a strong European internal market for research and innovation;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strive for an open strategic autonomy and stresses that to achieve this objective they should in particular: - relaunch the single market strategy in order to de-fragmentise regulatory approaches, de-regulate where necessary, de-bureaucratise public administrations and business’ life, overcome existing barriers to investments, in order to reduce regulatory compliance costs, award competition and favour market-led innovation; - develop concrete actions to support Member States to bridge the lack of skills and to re-balance within the single market the drain of talents, technological experts and know-how; - develop a European Innovation Area able to turn scientific results into commercial products, supporting startups and SMEs and retaining businesses within the Union's single market; - implement a strategy on critical raw materials and resources needed for the key enabling technologies, the digitalisation and the green transition; - improve research, innovation and technological development funding, not only from the private sector but also from government-led policies, including in the form of public-private ventures.
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the commitments to increase R&D investments to 3 % of GDP and to develop a single market for research and innovation; underlines that industrial alliances and public-private partnerships are important to develop breakthrough technologies also aiming at closing carbon loops across the value chains of energy intensive industries by reusing and recycling resources; calls on the Commission to ensure consistency and synergy in all initiatives, funding and regulatory instruments supporting industry, SMEs and microenterprises;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to establish clear, effective, simple and comprehensive guidelines regarding the existing instruments that should address the policy priorities in several industrial sectors, notably the Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs), the various alliances (industrial data, space launchers, zero emissions aviation, batteries, and others), the European Digital Infrastructure Consortia (EDICs), and others; stresses the importance of ensuring the right synergies between the different instruments, programmes and funds, from the Recovery and Relaunch Facility to the structural funds, and urges to better integrate them with the joint undertakings and the other initiatives derived from Horizon Europe, such as the European Institute of Technology and Innovation (EIT) and the European Innovation Council (EIC);
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that in addition to vertical ecosystems, there is a need to have horizontal approaches, such as on enabling technologies, and that the digital ecosystem must be integrated with all other industrial ecosystems horizontally.; stresses the importance of the Industrial Forum established by the Industrial Strategy and notes that among the five task forces that were created, one is directly relevant for the single market and analyses the horizontal aspects of the single market and the removal of the barriers, and another one has a specific focus on advanced manufacturing as an horizontal enabler for a wide range of ecosystems; underlines the massive investment gap existing in the technology industries enabling the digital transformation of our society and reiterates the need to strengthen investments in digital technologies; calls on the Commission, as well as the Member States, to fully support such a horizontal approach, in order to ensure that Europe remains a global leader in a crucial enabling technology; reminds that the green and digital transformation is affecting jobs' quality, structure and characteristics and stresses how the single market's integration should lead to real benefits for the European citizens, also through more effective measures to secure consumer rights and a more efficient labour market;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to adopt a holistic approach when it creates incentives to support strategic industrial sectors and their supply chains, such as food, pharmaceutics and others, which are facing a sharp increase of energy, transport and raw materials' costs due to the current conflict in Ukraine; stresses that ensuring sufficient access to affordable, secure and diversified clean energy throughout the single market is going to be key to continue with its integration and to pursue the European industry’s transformation plans, boost its green transition and its global competitiveness; underlines how the development of efficient and integrated logistics networks and infrastructures can ensure a smoother access to transport, energy and digital services increase competitiveness of businesses, reduce barriers in the single market and widen markets for products and jobs; reminds the importance of diversification of supplies and material circularity in particular to reduce reliance on third country imports and increase Union's energy and resources independence;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. stresses the importance of the data economy and asks the Commission to accelerate on all data-related initiatives, improving data sharing and exchange, contributing to the development of common European data spaces, fostering the creation of shared European infrastructures to facilitate the use and the exchange of data across industrial sectors, strengthening the data, cloud and edge ecosystems and reinforcing investments in high-speed communications; reminds that cybersecurity is fundamental to engage securely with the digital economy, also in view of enhancing trust of citizens and businesses and lead to a wider uptake and use of digital solutions;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reminds the importance of open strategic autonomy and stresses that to achieve this objective the Commission and Member States should in particular: - relaunch the single market strategy in order to de-fragmentise regulatory approaches, de-regulate where necessary, de-bureaucratise public administrations and business’ life and overcome existing barriers to investments; - develop concrete actions to support Member States to bridge the lack of skills and to re-balance the circulation of talents, technological experts and know- how; - develop a European Innovation Area able to support startups and SMEs and to help retaining businesses within the Union's single market; - implement a strategy on critical raw materials and resources needed for the digital and the green transition; - improve research, innovation and technological development funding, including in the form of public-private ventures;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to consider the impact of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine on the European industry and its capacities in current and future initiatives and objectives;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission and Members States to ensure technology neutrality across the whole transition in order to secure competitiveness; stresses that the exclusion of certain technologies will only weaken the industries ability to pivot in times of crisis or when technologies prove themselves financially, economically or environmentally unsustainable; insists therefore that the most sustainable way of achieving the climate goals is a technological open and cost-efficient way, including all technologies that contribute to reach climate neutrality;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that industrial alliances and public-private partnerships are important to develop breakthrough technologies also aiming at closing carbon loops across the value chains of energy intensive industries by reusing and recycling resources; calls on the Commission to ensure consistency and synergy in all initiatives, funding and regulatory instruments supporting industry, SMEs and micro-enterprises;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Commission to establish clear, effective, simple and comprehensive guidelines regarding the existing instruments that should address the policy priorities in several industrial sectors, notably the Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs), the various alliances (industrial data, space launchers, zero emissions aviation, batteries, and others), the European Digital Infrastructure Consortia (EDICs), and others; stresses the importance of ensuring the right synergies between the different instruments, programmes and funds, from the Recovery and Relaunch Facility to the structural funds, and urges to better integrate them with the joint undertakings and the other initiatives derived from Horizon Europe, such as the European Institute of Technology and Innovation (EIT) and the European Innovation Council (EIC);
Amendment 155 #
6a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to adopt a holistic approach when it creates incentives to support strategic industrial sectors and their supply chains, such as food, pharmaceutics and others, which are facing a sharp increase of energy, transport and raw materials' costs due to the current conflict in Ukraine; stresses that ensuring sufficient access to affordable, secure and diversified clean energy throughout the single market is going to be key to continue with its integration and to pursue the European industry’s transformation plans, boost its green transition and its global competitiveness; underlines how the development of efficient and integrated logistics networks and infrastructures can ensure a smoother access to transport, energy and digital services increase competitiveness of businesses, reduce barriers in the single market and widen markets for products and jobs; reminds the importance of diversification of supplies and material circularity in particular to reduce reliance on third country imports and increase Union's energy and resources independence;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the importance of the Industrial Forum established by the Industrial Strategy and notes that among the five task forces that were created, one is directly relevant for the single market and analyses the horizontal aspects of the single market and the removal of the barriers, and another one has a specific focus on advanced manufacturing as an horizontal enabler for a wide range of ecosystems; underlines the massive investment gap existing in the technology industries enabling the digital transformation of our society and reiterates the need to strengthen investments in digital technologies; calls on the Commission, as well as the Member States, to fully support such a horizontal approach, in order to ensure that Europe remains a global leader in a crucial enabling technology;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s announcement issuing guidance on public procurement; stresses that public procurement is an essential instrument for national and economic security and for supporting the uptake of and demand for clean products; reminds the importance of the guidelines developed by the Commission that give practical indications about how Member States should include performance goals and quality criteria, such as the Most Economic Advantageous Tender (MEAT) one, in the contracts awarded through public procurement and how to better involve a plurality of manufacturers, including SMEs and microenterprises; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to review public procurement and competition rules where needed;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that is crucial that the European standardisation strategy continues to attract the best experts, boosts a more coordinated approach in terms of international standards setting and that strategic objectives are discussed and agreed with the active participation of all stakeholders involved, including the research community; underlines the need to develop tools to monitor standards in order to support SMEs and microenterprises to identify those that are particularly relevant for them;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines the importance of a fully integrated circular economy to create an efficient and decarbonised industry; calls on the Commission to undertake analyses on how products can be recycled and reintroduced into the product cycle; calls on the Commission to give particular consideration when it comes to funding and tender opportunities of the European Union to projects of companies that are innovative frontrunners as regards building and advancing the circular economy;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines that in order to make the Union’s single market fit for the digital age, it is crucial to prioritise investments in digital infrastructures, bridge the digital divide and improve digital literacy and skills, without neglecting rural, remote and outermost areas; stresses the need for Member States to act seriously through their national frameworks to make sure they implement the Pact for Skills and the other Union’s initiatives aimed at creating reskilling and upskilling opportunities for workforce; recalls to this end the importance to strengthen education and training to further integrate the knowledge triangle and highlights the need to implement the initiatives aimed at reinforcing the European Research Area, the European Education Area and the European Innovation Ecosystems, aiming at building a strong European internal market for research and innovation;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Is concerned about the increasing level of administrative burden for companies; stresses that Europe is experiencing a turning point due to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic; calls on the Commission to introduce a moratorium on bureaucracy, as companies are already severely challenged by high industrial energy prices, in some cases insufficient energy infrastructure, complications in logistics and shortage of skilled workers;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Underlines that the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) intends to prevent the risk of carbon leakage on the EU market; states that it is essential to avoid the risk that products exported from the EU are replaced by more carbon intensive goods on the global market; calls on the Commission to present a legislative proposal to develop WTO- compatible solutions, such as an export adjustment mechanism, to be implemented to avoid carbon leakage on European exports, while preserving emission reduction targets; reiterates that in order for CBAM to be efficient in lowering carbon leakage, all possible circumvention practices should be addressed;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Considers the roll out of the hydrogen economy for the success of the Fit For 55 goals essential; in this regard stresses the need for a broad-based strategy for the importation of renewable electricity, renewable hydrogen and low- carbon energy from as many naturally suitable regions as possible is necessary, also to reduce fossil dependencies;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Calls on Member States to diversify their energy mix in order to increase the EUs energy security; the energy mix needs to continue to include sources such as LNG and nuclear in order to avoid energy crisis, market distortion, inflation and energy poverty; emphasizes the need for biomass as a renewable source, as well as support for sustainable forest and land management, needed for long-term storage, adaption and removal of carbon;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to bring down the time needed to issue permits substantially and create fast-track permitting procedures for infrastructure that supports industry in the energy transition; calls on Member States and the Commission to establish permitting procedures with a clear governance structure that establishes legal certainty in order to attract the necessary investors and lower the investment risk;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Reiterates the need to address disruptions and vulnerabilities of supply chains and to ensure their resilience, especially in areas such as raw materials, digital technologies (including micro- processors), photovoltaic technologies and to incentivise the production of critical goods, such as essential medicines; calls on the Commission to make sure that value chains are taken into account in their entirety, especially when analysing strategic dependencies and identifying the investments that are needed across the industrial ecosystems; highlights the urgency in scaling up innovative breakthrough industrial technologies in the productive regions across the Union, in particular for critical energy intensive industries;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. stresses the importance of the data economy and asks the Commission to accelerate on all data-related initiatives, improving data sharing and exchange, contributing to the development of common European data spaces, fostering the creation of shared European infrastructures to facilitate the use and the exchange of data across industrial sectors, strengthening the data, cloud and edge ecosystems and reinforcing investments in high-speed communications; reminds that cybersecurity is fundamental to engage securely with the digital economy, also in view of enhancing trust of citizens and businesses and lead to a wider uptake and use of digital solutions;