4 Amendments of Siegfried MUREŞAN related to 2016/2032(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the EU budget should further facilitate SME access to funding and markets; underlines that SMEs, as the backbone of European economy, contribute to a great extent to the creation of jobs and growth across the EU;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the introduction and the performance of COSME as the first EU programme specifically benefitting SMEs; strongly believes that the current COSME appropriations, as well as those for other well-performing EU funding programmes such as the SME Instrument or InnovFin under Horizon 2020, should at least be maintainbe reinforced for the remaining years of the current MFF; points to the fact that as the Parliament has constantly sought to reinforce COSME appropriations;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the fact that EUR 75 billion have been earmarked to supportat €75 billion of the total investment catalysed by EFSI over three years will go to SMEs uander the EFSI mid-caps via the European Investment Fund; will closely monitor the leverage created by its financing and its geographic distribution; notes the success of the SME window and calls, as appropriate, for full use to be made of the flexibility clause provided in the regulation to increase this envelope;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the further opening of ESIFs to SMEs and the design of new dedicated schemes; supports the shift from grants to the provision of guarantees through financial instruments with higher leverage and less distortive effects on competition; recalls the importance of structural funding for SMEs, including for attracting further private investment to benefit SMEs in poorer regions;