2012/2100(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Underlines that while restructuring of industrial areas can be expensive this should as far as possible be done in a budget-neutral manner, i.e. by focussing funds and support mechanisms already in place;

Amendment 11 #

Linda McAVAN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes that many industrial regions have managed to create green jobs by giving financial incentives to large firms in sustainable industries to relocate or stay in their area; urges the European Commission to continue to allow local authorities to give state aid to large firms, and not to withdraw this option in the 2014-2020 Regional State Aid Guidelines;

Amendment 12 #

Kartika Tamara LIOTARD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Emphasizes that by focusing on the added-value of all segments of the population, strategies can be adapted and enhanced, each segment can be stimulated as a source of innovation and growth and societal challenges can be tackled. Any regional strategy for industrial areas which overlooks age and gender differences may result in missed business opportunities

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that regional strategies for industrial areas should include, as a focus point, ~~the cleaning-up of land~~measures to protect land, water, air quality, to safeguard regional and local biodiversity and wnat~~er, and~~ural resources; stresses that the regional strategies should therefore consider measures which support the aims and goals of the Waste Framework Directive ~~and~~, the Water Framework Directive;, and the Air Quality Directive.

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that regional strategies for industrial areas should include, as a focus point, the cleaning-up of land and water, so that environmentally harmful substances do not continue to leak into nature; and that the regional strategies should therefore consider measures which support the aims and goals of the Waste Framework Directive and the Water Framework Directive;

Amendment 15 #

Andrés PERELLÓ RODRÍGUEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that regional strategies for industrial areas should include, as a focus point, the cleaning-up of land and water, and that the regional strategies should therefore consider measures which support the aims and goals of the Waste Framework Directive and the Water Framework Directive. These strategies must, moreover, seek to protect and conserve the environment and physical spaces, and at the same time ensure a higher level of environmental efficiency and sustainability;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Believes it is important that strategies for industrial areas include an integrated focus on the transport possibilities to and from the areas, both in the form of raw materials, goods and personnel, as well as the necessary infrastructure, be it existing or planned, and that this can help reduce the environmental footprint of industrial areas; and to ensure that community needs are met simultaneously with safeguarding natural resources and capital.

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Believes it is important that strategies for industrial areas include an integrated focus on the transport possibilities to and from the areas, both in the form of raw materials, goods and personnel, and that this can help reduce the environmental footprint of industrial areas as well as positively contribute to public health;

Amendment 18 #

Jolanta Emilia HIBNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Believes it is important that strategies for industrial areas include an integrated focus on the sustainable transport possibilities to and from the areas, both in the form of raw materials, goods and personnel, and that this can help reduce the environmental footprint of industrial and urban areas;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Believes that an increased focus on and the promotion of best practice regarding transport using internal waterways, ocean transport, railway goods transport and smart distribution centres and networks is essential for improving the environment of regional industrial areas;

Amendment 2 #

Tadeusz CYMAŃSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund are called to contribute alongside national funding to accelerating the implementation of EU legislation on renewable energy and energy efficiency; supports therefore the promotion of energy efficiency and a low-carbon economy by local and regional authoritieadditional to national funding and are intended to contribute to the achievement of economic and social cohesion through investment in the development of less-developed regions, including by ensuring the security of energy supply throughout the EU and creating jobs at local level; supports therefore the promotion by local and regional authorities of all low-carbon energy sources, including sources of a temporary nature, such as shale gas;

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Underlines the importance of an effective transposition by Member States of the SEVESO III Directive, in order to ensure that possible risks to citizens ~~close~~living in close proximity to the industrial regions concerned are minimised, that ~~they~~citizens have adequate information regarding any possible risks, and that they are better involved in land- use planning decisions with a view to making these planning decisions more sustainable and minimizing potential trade-offs between social, economic and environmental objectives and needs.

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 22 #

Andrés PERELLÓ RODRÍGUEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Underlines the importance of an effective transposition by Member States of the SEVESO III Directive, in order to ensure that possible risks to citizens close to the industrial regions concerned are minimised, that they have adequate information regarding any possible risk, and that they are better involved in land- use planning decisions. Lastly, advocates urging, in accordance with EU law, regional governments to draw up the aforementioned strategies in cooperation with groups and associations representing citizens as part of a cross-cutting decision-making process in which the latter will pay a full part as partners at all stages in a reform process in which the general public must be involved.

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Notes that many former and out-dated industrial areas hold great possibilities for increasing energy efficiency by applying modern technology and building standards and that this will benefit both the regional economies and the environment;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Points to the possibility of acquiring funds for green investments by selling off former industrial properties in attractive locations, i.e. in port areas, along river banks, etc; and that this can reduce the need for public funding;

Amendment 25 #

Zbigniew ZIOBRO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Believes that in justified cases, and after consultation with the European Commission, Member States should have the possibility to suspend the reduction targets for CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions.

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) ~~and~~, the Cohesion Fund and Structural Funds are called to contribute alongside national funding to accelerating the implementation of EU legislation on renewable energy and energy efficiency; supports therefore the promotion of energy ~~efficiency~~and resource efficiency, of long-term cost-effective development strategies and of a low- carbon economy, based on more sustainable production and consumption patterns, by local and regional authorities;

Amendment 4 #

Jolanta Emilia HIBNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund are ~~call~~intended to contribute alongside national funding to, among other things, accelerating the implementation of EU legislation on renewable energy and energy efficiency; supports therefore the promotion of energy efficiency and a ~~low-carbo~~green economy by local and regional authorities;

Amendment 5 #

Linda McAVAN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Underlines that support for energy efficient building renovation in particular will help regions reduce carbon emissions, create local jobs, and save consumers money on heating bills;

Amendment 6 #

Tadeusz CYMAŃSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 7 #

Jolanta Emilia HIBNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 8 #

Zbigniew ZIOBRO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that local and regional authorities in industrial areas should look to exploit synergies between national and EU public funding and private investment in financing energy and infrastructure projects, as a means of supporting innovation, research and development; believes that increased public and private investment in the green agenda in industrial areas can generate employment and growth through low- carbon technologies, renewable energy ~~and~~technologies, environmental goods and services; and through exploiting the potential of energy efficiency; notes that Europe needs to mobilize all policies and instruments it has at its disposal at the EU level, such as the internal market, environmental and climate policy, research and innovation, trade and competition policy as well as SMEs development, to foster the creation of high-value jobs for meeting future societal challenges.

source: PE-506.100

2013/03/22 REGI 60 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the term ‘industry’ is not clearly defined and may include a wide variety of sector~~s, such as the manufacturing sector, the entire productive sector, energy production, mining and all kinds of service~~s;

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas Member States, regions and cities in the EU are facing financial constraints; whereas, in particular, areas with an old industrial base are often not well positioned to attract sufficient funds for conversion; whereas EU funding to aid reconversion and restructuring efforts is indispensable for supporting regional and cross-border policy approaches;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas cities are drivers of innovation and sustainable growth and have an important task in addressing challenges in old-industrialised areas;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas reindustrialisation policies fail to take proper account of the cultural and creative industries, which are a key potential source of growth, innovation and jobs, contribute to social cohesion and provide an effective means of combating the current recession;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Points to the existing means provided through the Structural Funds, the investment funds, and national, regional and municipal economic development policies to support the reconversion of old industrial areas; regrets, however, that these options do not always address the real region-specific problems and that the structural and investment funding made available is not being fully taken up at a time when industry is being hit hard by the crisis;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Points to the existing means provided through the Structural Funds, the investment funds, and national, regional and municipal economic development policies to support the reconversion of old industrial areas and the re-industrialisation of crisis-stricken industrial areas; regrets, however, that these options do not always address the real region-specific problems;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that cohesion policy structural funds need to be used and further aid measures to assist old industrialised regions need to be put into place so that they can successfully find new development paths and promote the use of unoccupied sites, focusing in particular on tourism and culture, which will boost the development of former industrial sites;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that further aid measures to assist old industrialised regions need to be put into place so that they can successfully find new development paths; takes the view, meanwhile, that it is important to pay attention to crisis-stricken industrial areas and to identify measures and instruments to assist them with a view to a modern and sustainable re-industrialisation;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that further aid measures to assist old industrialised regions, particularly mono-industrialised areas, need to be put into place so that they can successfully find new development ~~path~~and economic reconversion paths, so as to prevent the depopulation of these regions;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for more integrated and systemic approaches to industrial renewal and regional development, and for increased coherence between the different policies at EU, national and regional level in order to ensure that the great potential of the European industrial sector is exploited to the full;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas industry is unquestionably one of our main assets at international level, without which the European Union would not play such an important role in the global balance of economic forces;

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that the success of such an industrial renewal, coupled with regional development, depends on the existence of effective policies in areas such as cohesion policy, economic governance, competitiveness, research and innovation, energy, the digital agenda, sustainable development, the cultural and creative industries, new qualifications and jobs, etc;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that the success of such an industrial renewal, coupled with regional development, depends on the existence of effective policies in areas such as cohesion policy, economic governance, competitiveness, research and innovation, energy, the digital agenda, new qualifications and jobs, internal market and state aid rules, etc.;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Takes the view that new industrial areas need to be created that will boost the development of attractive cities where universities play a creative role and there is a strong business climate, enabling the region to attract people with a range of skills, working in various business sectors and undertaking various activities, fostering a mixture of knowledge and learning that offer high added value for industrial areas;

Amendment 23 #

Alain CADEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 3 a (new)

• the development of broadband infrastructure, which adds to an area’s attractiveness;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 3 a (new)

– the need for vocational retraining and lifelong learning,

Amendment 25 #

Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 4

• the need to promote entrepreneurship and adapt social skills, and qualifications ~~and entrepreneurship to the new demands of a changing working~~to the new demands arising as a result of economic, technological, professional and environmental changes;

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 5

• the sustainable rehabilitation of the areas concerned, guaranteeing that green areas are included wherever possible;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 9 a (new)

• the introduction of cross-border employment, innovation, training, environmental rehabilitation and regional attractiveness strategies;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Supports the creation of Innovation, Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship Networks at regional level with a view to encouraging increased links between businesses, universities, technological centres, business and idea incubators and researchers, thus fostering new industrial activities that will create wealth and employment at regional level;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to assess the present situation in old industrialised regions, identify their main challenges, and provide information and guidance for those regions, in order to develop ~~regional strategies which can help improve those regions’ growth prospects~~, under democratic procedures, regional strategies based on broad partnerships which can help improve those regions’ sustainable development prospects by harnessing their endogenous potential;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the industrial sector could plays a significant role in the economy of the European Union (EU), ~~accounting for approximately 16% of the EU’s gross domestic product (GDP); whereas~~given that the Commission estimates that for every 100 jobs created in industry, between 60 to 200 new jobs can be created in the rest of the economy; whereas, however, between 2008 and 2011, industrial production fell from 20% to 16% of the EU's GDP and the number of jobs in the sector fell by 11%;

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission to encourage the development of sectoral specialisation strategies and promote the formation of industrial clusters in each European Union country, with the aim of making the Member States and Europe more competitive at global level;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses the need to create economic areas of regional importance, high- technology parks, based on public-private partnerships but also on cross-border cooperation, which may involve specific traditional activities linked to the regions in which they are established and help improve the use of local and regional human and economic resources, using the latest technologies;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses that the strengthening of the industrial basis of the economy is necessary for achieving the EU 2020 targets~~, and~~; believes that the industrial heritage ~~and~~, expertise a~~vailabl~~nd the regional economy represented by companies on place in old industrialised regions can form an irreplaceable basis for this; assumes that the process of modernisation of regional state aid and the cohesion policy rules should carefully consider the role of SMEs and non-SMEs and their support from the EU or national schemes;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses that the strengthening of the industrial basis of the economy is necessary ~~for achieving~~in order to make progress on economic growth and job creation, as well as the targets and goals set in the EU 2020 ~~targets~~strategy, and that the industrial heritage and expertise available in old industrialised regions can form an irreplaceable basis for this;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses that the strengthening of the industrial basis of the economy is necessary for achieving the EU 2020 targets, and that the industrial heritage and expertise available in old industrialised regions can form an irreplaceable basis for this; draws attention to the key role that culture and the cultural and creative industries can play in brownfield redevelopment;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Points to the fact that attention should be given to industrial areas not only because of their economic potential or opportunities for entrepreneurship but also because they hide immense cultural, historical and architectural heritage, which should be preserved and handled carefully and because they are a part of the regional and national cultural memory;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Reiterates that where old industrialised regions have tried to explore new opportunities for regional development, they have been most successful where they have based these strategies on their past features, their territorial assets, their industrial heritage, and their experiences and capacities;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Points out that urban areas play an important role for innovation and sustainable growth and that reconversion efforts cannot be achieved without sufficient investment in this field, since without action on buildings and city transport the EU's targets will not be achieved;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Takes the view that the decline in most of the old industrialised regions is partly due to the reliance on monostructures; believes that to base an economy solely on monostructures is counter-productive and that a diversified economy, also meeting local needs, is of utmost importance as a basis for sustainable ~~growth~~development and job creation;

Amendment 39 #

Daniël van der STOEP

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to develop political concepts and instruments which combine the Cohesion and Structural Funds with industrial policy approaches, in order to support the structural transformation from old industrialised regions to modern industrial regions;deleted

Amendment 4 #

Alain CADEC

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the industrial sector plays a ~~significant~~leading role in the European Union (EU), accounting for approximately 16% of the EU’s gross domestic product (GDP); whereas the Commission estimates that for every 100 jobs created in industry, between 60 to 200 new jobs can be created in the rest of the economy;

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Believes that cities are central to achieving smart growth; therefore underlines the fact that cities with an old- industrialised base in particular offer an enormous potential, which the EU cannot disregard;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Believes that regional industrial strategies must be based on an integrated approach, including an employment, training, and education component, aimed at promoting growth sectors capable of creating local jobs, for example green industries; calls on the Commission to work more closely with Member States and the appropriate local and regional authorities for the purpose of forecasting medium- and long-term labour market skills requirements, especially when laying down regional industrial strategies; calls on the Member States and local and regional authorities to use the European Social Fund to invest in skills, employment, training, and vocational retraining, in particular in ‘green’ occupations, in order to create new jobs and improve the quality of employment by implementing national, regional, and local projects;

Amendment 42 #

Alain CADEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Points to the importance of capitalising on the European Investment Bank’s financial engineering schemes established under the cohesion policy, bearing in mind their powerful leverage effect;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11b. Highlights the special role cities play in developing regional strategies for industrial areas; calls on the Commission to intensify the dialogue with the cities concerned in order to give cities a higher profile as direct partners for the EU;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on the Member States and managing authorities, when allocating European funds for the current and the next (2014-2020) programming periods, to give preference to innovative SMEs, including craft trades and the social economy sector, with a view to promoting local employment;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Calls on the Commission, the Member States, and the authorities concerned to insist on greater transparency in the allocation of aid to businesses, especially within clusters;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Believes that no specific blueprint for regional strategies for industrial areas for the EU as a whole exists, and that a local and regional approach is most suitable for developing regional strategies; maintains that industrial areas need to focus on coexistence between productive functions, based on the Knowledge Society and with more emphasis being placed on research activities, innovation and learning, and residential, leisure and commercial functions, becoming new integrated areas in territorial development; calls on the Commission to support regional economic research in the context of the initiative Horizon 2020 and SMEs as part of the programme for the competitiveness of enterprises and SMEs (COSME), which enables the development of regionally adjusted strategies for additional old industrialised regions;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Highlights the fact that regions' characteristics have to be taken into consideration when planning regional development strategies; ~~points, in this context, to the fact that bottom-up urban and rural (LEADER) development strategies exist for rural areas and could be an option to consider for urban areas as well;~~

Amendment 48 #

Radvilė MORKŪNAITĖ-MIKULĖNIENĖ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Highlights the fact that regions’ characteristics have to be taken into consideration when planning regional development strategies; ~~points,~~ in this context, having regard to the ~~fact~~model that bottom-up ~~urban and~~ rural (LEADER) development strategies ~~exist~~provide for rural areas ~~and could be an option to consider for urban areas as well~~, considers that bottom-up local development initiatives for urban areas should be encouraged;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Believes that there should be a stronger focus on industry’s commitment to the environment, and in particular on using resources more efficiently and promoting innovation and job creation in the environmental protection field;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the Commission seeks to reverse the declining role of industry in Europe from its current level of around 16% of GDP to as much as 20% by 2020;

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Welcomes the benefits deriving from European capital of culture status, as exemplified by Glasgow, Lille, and other cities and urban agglomerations that used to suffer industrial decline, and maintains that culture and creative activity are key catalysts for urban regeneration and regional attractiveness;

Amendment 51 #

Daniël van der STOEP

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Stresses that the sustainable regeneration of old industrialised regions ~~takes decades and is very costly, often exceeding the administrative and financial capacities of in situ public bodies~~is very costly;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Stresses that the sustainable regeneration of old industrialised regions takes decades and is very costly, often exceeding the administrative and financial capacities of in situ public bodies; points to the need, therefore, to develop technical assistance to regional and local authorities and public bodies;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Highlights that the new instrument for ‘Integrated Territorial Investment’ proposed in Article 99 of the draft Common Provisions Regulation for the new funding period 2014-2020 could offer an opportunity for developing regional strategies beyond administrative borders; believes that joint action plans, multi- regional programmes, and interregional cooperation programmes could provide further tools capable of meeting the challenges of reindustrialisation or conversion of entire employment areas;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Member States to avoid over-complex rules for beneficiaries; ~~reiterat~~believes that where EU rules exist domestic rules can be eliminated where it is expedient to do so, in order to avoid duplicated or conflicting rules;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission to ~~assist regions in deve~~create a database of existing industry parks and regional activity areas, with a view to identifying the best models that could also be used in other regions and tailopring them to local and regional long-term development strategies, and to provide guidance on how to use funds for assisting in the reconversion process;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Takes the view that, alongside the vocational retraining of jobless workers, the development of the industrial sector should be accompanied by efforts to create jobs focusing on the young workforce;

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Takes the view that Community employment strategies should be tailored to the future needs of European industry;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)

19c. Takes the view that programmes should be drawn up aimed at providing young people with a high-quality technological education and promoting opportunities for them to specialise or work in another Member State;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)

19d. Takes the view that more support should be given to developing the entrepreneurial spirit among young people through access to EU funds and business advice;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas industry is the main destination for private investment in research, development and innovation;

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Stresses the need for the further concentration of cohesion policy support on industrial reconversion in the regions, in the following areas: business innovation and investment, social inclusion, energy transition, integrated approaches to urban development, and urban regeneration; believes that the minimum 5% ERDF allocation for integrated actions to promote sustainable urban development could offer an opportunity to provide local solutions for industrial areas;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas cohesion ~~and industrial policies are essential~~policy can help to address the structural challenges facing EU industry, as well as to achiev~~ing~~e the ambitious objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy ~~and, in particular, to ensuring~~, such as a shift towards a sustainable, low-carbon, energy-efficient and ~~competitive, knowledge-based European economy with a high level of growth~~inclusive economy fostering knowledge and employment;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas, owing to their economic interdependence and shared features, the component parts of many cross-border regions – for example, traditional mining, steelmaking and textile manufacturing regions – are faced with the same industrial challenges;

Amendment 9 #