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2004/2225(INI) The effect of globalisation on the internal market

Progress: Procedure completed

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Lead IMCO HERCZOG Edit (icon: PSE PSE)
Committee Opinion ENVI
Committee Opinion INTA
Committee Opinion EMPL
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54

Events

2006/07/04
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
2006/03/09
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
2006/02/14
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2006/02/14
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted a resolution based on the own-initiative report drafted by Edit HERCZOG (PES, HU) on the effects of globalisation on the internal market. Statistical data suggest that the EU has been facing challenges concerning the retention of its leading position in key areas such as economic growth, labour market performance, research and innovation. However, Parliament felt that globalisation should not be considered exclusively as a negative factor leading to social fragmentation. It should rather be seen as a framework, on the one hand providing new opportunities in the form of access to the worldwide market, but on the other, posing the threat of EU dependency on the development of worldwide trade. This is why political management should support positive and eliminate negative influences on the internal market. The latter must be made more flexible and globally oriented, while, at the same time, finding ways to deliver growth, jobs, social justice and respect for ecological balance and maintaining the EU's values and social model.

Parliament stated that in order to realise potential gains from globalisation, the EU must adapt to global economic changes; advance in areas of economic strength, such as the medium-high technology sector; address its weaknesses, as in the high-technology sector, including information and communication technology and bio-technology, and develop new areas of comparative advantage. A strategy for facing the challenges of globalisation must include a call for clear political commitment for the completion of the internal market as the EU's strongest asset to maximise the advantages of globalisation.

Parliament highlighted the concerns expressed by the Commission, in its Communication on European values in the globalised world ( COM(2005)0525 ), about the impact of globalisation on European workers. It was of the opinion that the Lisbon Strategy as a general economic plan might not be enough to deal with globalisation and called for other action lines that may be developed specifically to cushion the negative effects of globalisation and to help take advantage of its positive effects (such as a globalisation adjustment fund).

Parliament felt that the following factors were important in the development of a strategy for facing the challenges of globalisation:

- successful strategies to safeguard European values in a competitive global environment and to give effect to those values in the shaping of global policies;

- developing the European tradition of excellence and ensuring as a priority the establishment of a high level education system accompanied by a corresponding financial basis for research and development and innovation;

- a common knowledge-management system with efficient knowledge-protection tools and the need for an effective programme to turn innovation into investment and economic value;

- the protection of intellectual and industrial property rights, inter alia by setting up integrated and efficient patenting schemes, along with effective regulation and control on counterfeiting, in order to protect European economic interests;

- continuing the Better Regulation programme at both EU and national level;

- faster and more efficient dispute resolution within the internal market;

- speeding up transposition of internal market rules;

- an analysis of the non-market factors of the EU economy which are connected to the challenges of globalisation within the EU (such as demographic challenge) and worldwide (such as responsibility towards third world countries);

- the application of clear labelling rules and the observance of denominations of origin as means of guaranteeing the protection of European goods and values.

Parliament went on to call on the Commission to increase preferential access to the EU market for those third countries that have ratified and appropriately applied core international labour and environmental standards, and to grant further preferential market access to countries that have adopted legislation on social and environmental protection and respect for cultural diversity.

It applauded those Member States that have opened up their labour markets to citizens from the new Member States and thus have significantly contributed to a more mobile and competitive internal market in employment. Member States that still maintain restrictions in this regard were urged to eliminate existing obstacles to the free movement of labour.

Parliament stated that it was committed to developing a regular ex-post impact assessment procedure to evaluate the effects and implementation of economic and internal market regulation. It called on the Commission to do likewise. The Commission should also carry out impact assessments on the effect on the internal market of further multilateral market opening in agriculture, manufacturing and services. These assessments should be shared with a wide range of stake-holders before the Commission formulated its trade negotiation strategy in international trade negotiations.

Finally, Parliament pointed out that the creation of an internal market in services is essential in order to achieve the Lisbon Strategy goals and, therefore, to increase the EU's competitiveness on the world market.

Documents
2006/02/14
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2006/02/13
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2006/02/01
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Documents
2006/02/01
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Documents
2006/01/30
   EP - Vote in committee
Details

The committee adopted the own-initiative report by Edit HERCZOG (PES, HU) on the effects of globalisation on the internal market.

Noting that the EU, over the past few years, had been facing challenges to retain its leading position in key areas such as economic growth, labour market performance, research and innovation, MEPs argued that the key to solving these problems lay in the completion of the internal market, "the EU's strongest asset to maximise the advantages of globalisation". A flexible and globally-oriented internal market should go hand in hand with efforts "to deliver growth, jobs, social justice and respect for ecological balance while maintaining [ Europe 's] values and [its] social model."

In calling for bold steps to complete the internal market the report "applauds those Member States which have opened up their labour markets for citizens from the new Member States" and urged those Member States which still maintain restrictions in this regard to eliminate existing obstacles to the free movement of labour. The Commission, meanwhile, should develop an "efficient and regular ex-post impact assessment procedure" to gauge the effects and implementation of economic and internal market regulation.

Noting the EU's struggle to attain the goals set forth by the Lisbon Agenda, MEPs said that the Lisbon Strategy, as a general economic plan, "may not be enough to deal with globalisation". They called for "other action lines" (such as a Globalisation Adjustment Fund) to cushion the negative effects of globalisation and to help take advantage of its positive effects.

The report also stressed the need for a "common knowledge management system with efficient protection tools for knowledge". It called for intellectual and industrial property rights to be protected through integrated and efficient patenting schemes, along with effective regulation and controls on counterfeiting. It also underlined the importance of " clear labelling rules and observance of denominations of origin as means of guaranteeing the protection of European goods and values".

Among other recommendations, MEPs called on the Commission to increase preferential access to the EU market for those third countries which have ratified and "appropriately applied" core international labour and environmental standards. Lastly, they urged the Commission to make an assessment of the impact on the internal market of further multilateral market opening in agriculture, manufacturing and services, and to consult with a wide range of stakeholders before formulating its trade negotiation strategy in international trade negotiations.

2006/01/05
   EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2005/12/06
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2004/11/30
   EP - HERCZOG Edit (PSE) appointed as rapporteur in IMCO
2004/11/18
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament

Documents

Votes

Rapport Herczog A6-0021/2006 - am. 1 #

2006/02/14 Outcome: +: 448, -: 179, 0: 16
DE ES FR PL IT HU AT PT EL SK BE IE NL LV SE LU EE SI MT FI CY DK LT CZ GB
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45
71
52
53
20
18
21
22
14
22
12
26
8
17
5
5
6
5
11
6
9
12
23
70
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Austria ALDE

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Ireland ALDE

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1

Sweden ALDE

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Luxembourg ALDE

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1

Estonia ALDE

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  • date: 2006-01-30T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP summary: The committee adopted the own-initiative report by Edit HERCZOG (PES, HU) on the effects of globalisation on the internal market. Noting that the EU, over the past few years, had been facing challenges to retain its leading position in key areas such as economic growth, labour market performance, research and innovation, MEPs argued that the key to solving these problems lay in the completion of the internal market, "the EU's strongest asset to maximise the advantages of globalisation". A flexible and globally-oriented internal market should go hand in hand with efforts "to deliver growth, jobs, social justice and respect for ecological balance while maintaining [ Europe 's] values and [its] social model." In calling for bold steps to complete the internal market the report "applauds those Member States which have opened up their labour markets for citizens from the new Member States" and urged those Member States which still maintain restrictions in this regard to eliminate existing obstacles to the free movement of labour. The Commission, meanwhile, should develop an "efficient and regular ex-post impact assessment procedure" to gauge the effects and implementation of economic and internal market regulation. Noting the EU's struggle to attain the goals set forth by the Lisbon Agenda, MEPs said that the Lisbon Strategy, as a general economic plan, "may not be enough to deal with globalisation". They called for "other action lines" (such as a Globalisation Adjustment Fund) to cushion the negative effects of globalisation and to help take advantage of its positive effects. The report also stressed the need for a "common knowledge management system with efficient protection tools for knowledge". It called for intellectual and industrial property rights to be protected through integrated and efficient patenting schemes, along with effective regulation and controls on counterfeiting. It also underlined the importance of " clear labelling rules and observance of denominations of origin as means of guaranteeing the protection of European goods and values". Among other recommendations, MEPs called on the Commission to increase preferential access to the EU market for those third countries which have ratified and "appropriately applied" core international labour and environmental standards. Lastly, they urged the Commission to make an assessment of the impact on the internal market of further multilateral market opening in agriculture, manufacturing and services, and to consult with a wide range of stakeholders before formulating its trade negotiation strategy in international trade negotiations.
  • date: 2006-02-01T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A6-2006-21&language=EN title: A6-0021/2006
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  • date: 2006-02-14T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2006-55 title: T6-0055/2006 summary: The European Parliament adopted a resolution based on the own-initiative report drafted by Edit HERCZOG (PES, HU) on the effects of globalisation on the internal market. Statistical data suggest that the EU has been facing challenges concerning the retention of its leading position in key areas such as economic growth, labour market performance, research and innovation. However, Parliament felt that globalisation should not be considered exclusively as a negative factor leading to social fragmentation. It should rather be seen as a framework, on the one hand providing new opportunities in the form of access to the worldwide market, but on the other, posing the threat of EU dependency on the development of worldwide trade. This is why political management should support positive and eliminate negative influences on the internal market. The latter must be made more flexible and globally oriented, while, at the same time, finding ways to deliver growth, jobs, social justice and respect for ecological balance and maintaining the EU's values and social model. Parliament stated that in order to realise potential gains from globalisation, the EU must adapt to global economic changes; advance in areas of economic strength, such as the medium-high technology sector; address its weaknesses, as in the high-technology sector, including information and communication technology and bio-technology, and develop new areas of comparative advantage. A strategy for facing the challenges of globalisation must include a call for clear political commitment for the completion of the internal market as the EU's strongest asset to maximise the advantages of globalisation. Parliament highlighted the concerns expressed by the Commission, in its Communication on European values in the globalised world ( COM(2005)0525 ), about the impact of globalisation on European workers. It was of the opinion that the Lisbon Strategy as a general economic plan might not be enough to deal with globalisation and called for other action lines that may be developed specifically to cushion the negative effects of globalisation and to help take advantage of its positive effects (such as a globalisation adjustment fund). Parliament felt that the following factors were important in the development of a strategy for facing the challenges of globalisation: - successful strategies to safeguard European values in a competitive global environment and to give effect to those values in the shaping of global policies; - developing the European tradition of excellence and ensuring as a priority the establishment of a high level education system accompanied by a corresponding financial basis for research and development and innovation; - a common knowledge-management system with efficient knowledge-protection tools and the need for an effective programme to turn innovation into investment and economic value; - the protection of intellectual and industrial property rights, inter alia by setting up integrated and efficient patenting schemes, along with effective regulation and control on counterfeiting, in order to protect European economic interests; - continuing the Better Regulation programme at both EU and national level; - faster and more efficient dispute resolution within the internal market; - speeding up transposition of internal market rules; - an analysis of the non-market factors of the EU economy which are connected to the challenges of globalisation within the EU (such as demographic challenge) and worldwide (such as responsibility towards third world countries); - the application of clear labelling rules and the observance of denominations of origin as means of guaranteeing the protection of European goods and values. Parliament went on to call on the Commission to increase preferential access to the EU market for those third countries that have ratified and appropriately applied core international labour and environmental standards, and to grant further preferential market access to countries that have adopted legislation on social and environmental protection and respect for cultural diversity. It applauded those Member States that have opened up their labour markets to citizens from the new Member States and thus have significantly contributed to a more mobile and competitive internal market in employment. Member States that still maintain restrictions in this regard were urged to eliminate existing obstacles to the free movement of labour. Parliament stated that it was committed to developing a regular ex-post impact assessment procedure to evaluate the effects and implementation of economic and internal market regulation. It called on the Commission to do likewise. The Commission should also carry out impact assessments on the effect on the internal market of further multilateral market opening in agriculture, manufacturing and services. These assessments should be shared with a wide range of stake-holders before the Commission formulated its trade negotiation strategy in international trade negotiations. Finally, Parliament pointed out that the creation of an internal market in services is essential in order to achieve the Lisbon Strategy goals and, therefore, to increase the EU's competitiveness on the world market.
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    • date: 2006-02-13T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20060213&type=CRE type: Debate in Parliament title: Debate in Parliament body: EP type: Debate in Parliament
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