Activities of Franz OBERMAYR related to 2010/2095(INI)
Plenary speeches (3)
Explanations of vote
Explanations of vote
Explanations of vote
Amendments (5)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the vast majority of our industrial market is made up of small and medium-sized enterprises: any integrated strategy on the future of European industries should therefore focus primarily on an enhanced approach toward SMEs as the key to territorial cohesion; emphasises, in that connection, that SMEs throughout Europe are having to cope with administrative burdens and problems in obtaining funding and skilled workers and in gaining access to the internal market; calls, therefore, for particular attention to be paid to these problems;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the global economic crisis is affecting employment rates all over Europe, thus worsening the socio- economic prospects of the EU and increasing regional disparities; in this respect, emphasises that a fair and sustainable industrial sector is essential for the future of workers and businessmen Europe-wide;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers it decisive for the economic, social and ecological future of the Union, that young people are made aware of the high level of specialised and general education needed, with regard to their later employment in industry;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls emphatically on the Commission to take urgent steps against the hiring of foreign workers from low- wage countries as employees in low-wage sectors of high-wage countries on the one hand and against the relocation of factories from high-wage countries to low-wage countries on the other hand, as both phenomena badly damage the economic structures in each category of country, whilst also gravely undermining the employment market in high-wage countries;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that the increase in regional disparities in terms of research and development potential is a challenge that has to be addressed not only in the framework of cohesion policy, but also through research and innovation policy; emphasises, further, that disparities in research and development potential between regions and Member States widen if differences in Member States' university systems are exploited unfairly; calls, therefore, for the country of origin principle to be made a central aspect of and strictly applied in EU further education policy;