18 Amendments of Marie TOUSSAINT related to 2020/2076(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Emphasises that the EU industrial strategy is a key component of the European Green Deal and shall be structured in a way to promote, maximise and give full effectiveness to the objectives and the climate neutrality goal provided therein; considers, in this regard, that such strategy shall be based on a long- term regulatory framework, including an overall emissions trajectory towards net- zero as defined in the EU Climate Law, with clear interim targets and indicators and a concrete road map on the phasing out of fossil-based processes and to become climate neutral, while contributing to the fulfilment of the Union’s commitments under the Paris Agreement and the UN Agenda on Sustainable Development; stresses the need for the EU to reduce its ecological footprint and to respect planetary boundaries in order to guarantee a safe operating space for humanity;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Reminds that, according to the Treaties and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, the Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights and has committed itself to promote the highest standards of social progress and environmental protection; reiterates that the EU institutions have a legal obligation to put into effect and mainstream those principles in any EU legislative and/or policy development;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the COVID-19 crisis has had a profound impact on global production and has prompted the European Union to consider its future industrial strategyighlighted once more the profound social inequalities existing among citizens at European and global level; emphasises the need to move toward a social, green, gender-equal and inclusive just transition focusing on the creation of quality jobs and aimed at combating poverty and social exclusion, high-rate unemployment, work precariousness and ineffective social protection, by making the horizontal social clause enshrined in article 9 TFEU fully operational; in this regard, calls on the Commission to closely interconnect the EU industrial strategy to the upcoming Action Plan to Implement the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to maximise the potential of the Just Transition Fund to promote investments in new sustainable employment opportunities and to implement horizontal educational, training and vocational policies and programmes aimed at supporting the upskilling and reskilling of workers, job seekers and persons outside the labour market, while ensuring equal access to all without discrimination; reminds that the industrial strategy will need to protect the rights of platform workers and be fully consistent with the Union’s fundamental rights;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Reiterate its call on the Commission to start negotiations with the Council of Europe in order to launch the process for the accession of the EU to the European Social Charter;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Notes that the COVID-19 crisis had a profound economic and social impact especially on women; call on the Commission to address the persistent gender inequalities across the EU by carrying out gender impact assessment in all Union investments and policy decisions relating to the EU industrial strategy and adopting binding measures to guarantee equal opportunity and access to the labour market, eradicate gender pay gap and ensure gender balance at all levels of decision-making;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that this crisis has demonstrated the need for the EU to adjust its industrial strategy by strengthening the defence of its strategic interests without abandoning international tradein order to strengthen its resilience in socially vital sectors such as health, medical supplies production, energy and agriculture; proposes, in this regard, to introduce a sustainable and socially-responsible Buy EU Act for such sectors in order to boost EU-based production while shortening the supply chains;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the fact that the Competitiveness Council on 15 May 2020 referred to 14 industrial ecosystems whose strategic independence should be ensuredCommission’s approach on industrial ecosystems in order to drive the green and digital twin transition, as they are increasingly integrated and connected and are stretched over different Member States and beyond; insists that the engagement of such ecosystems shall be inclusive and transparent encompassing all actors operating along the entire value chain from the smallest start-ups to the largest companies, from academia to research, service providers to suppliers, but also trade unions, civil society, consumer organisations; considers that the digital and industrial transitions should be at the service of environmental protection;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need for a trade policy capable of diversifying the EU’s sources of supply, and for European companies to be encouraged to be flexible and capable, when needed, of urgently reorienting their production towards vital products; calls for the establishment of measures and instruments aimed at ensuring that the EU industry respects the planetary boundaries on the EU territory and through the trade policy; emphasises that the industrial strategy shall guarantee access for all to basic needs while reducing all activities which endanger the safety of the planet and human health;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that imported products should always comply with EU technicthe EU trade policy shall always build upon and promote the highest EU and international, environmental, labour, human rights and health standards and with EU intellectual property lawinclude the Paris Agreement and the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development as reference points for any agreement with third countries; ask the Commission to ensure that no non-EU company could impair EU laws and standards by, for instance, avoiding the inclusion of investor-state dispute settlement mechanism (ISDS) in such agreements; encourages also the Commission to carry out specific human rights and gender impact assessments prior to the conclusions of any trade negotiation; welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a carbon adjustment mechanism and suggests to develop a biosphere-based adjustment mechanism to preserve finite resources and biodiversity;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers of paramount importance to establish a EU framework on mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence ensuring effective judicial remedies for victims of corporate abuse in the global value chains; welcome the Commission’s commitment to submit a legislative proposal in this regard;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the environmental priority set out in the Commission’s ‘European Green Deal’ should incentivise the EU to promote its own development of ‘green’ technologies and tolead the EU to move toward an industrial green transition aimed at promoting and developing a climate-neutral, environmentally sustainable, zero- pollution, fully circular, renewables- based, highly resource- and energy- efficient economy; stresses the importance of increasing funding in Research & Innovation, which should be channelled, in particular, in developing and scaling up responsible innovative and eco- friendly technologies, products, businesses and non-technological solutions, while phasing out public investments in fossil fuels-related activities and introduceing a carbon tax at its external borders;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for a revised framework for public procurement based on systematic use of environmental, social, fair trade and sustainability award criteria;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Reminds that the environmental challenge and especially climate change and the zero toxic ambition require a revision of the environmental administrative and criminal liability, as well as to accelerate the revision of the Aarhus regulations on access to justice; in this regard, calls on the Commission to make a thorough assessment of the implementation of the Environmental Liability Directive and of the Directive on the protection of the environment through criminal law and to submit a legislative proposal for the recognition, at the EU level, of the crime of ecocide;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. In line with the zero pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment and in the framework of the industrial strategy, calls on the Commission and the Member States to put in place policies and programmes to ensure the safety and security of industrial sites with clear liability rules for health and environmental damages, to establish rules and programmes covering the soils that were polluted by industrial activities before the adoption of the Directive 2004/35/CE and to promote the reconversion of highly polluting industrial installations;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to help tack the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by pursuing an ambitious policy of stimulating innovation in technologies of the future, in particular those using artificial intelligence., while establishing a legal and regulatory framework, including oversight mechanisms, aimed at ensuring full compliance of such technologies with human rights and fundamental freedoms and safeguarding social equality and labour rights;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Reiterates the importance of democratic, transparent and accountable decision-making processes in order to develop and implement an EU industrial strategy beneficial for all citizens and social and economic actors; calls once again for the set-up of binding rules on lobby transparency in all the EU institutions, including restrictions on access for fossil fuel lobbies, and for the swift adoption of the proposal for a mandatory EU Transparency Register; reiterates its call for the establishment of an independent and interinstitutional EU ethics body to oversee conflicts of interest;