9 Amendments of Pina PICIERNO related to 2020/2223(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Commission responded to the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis promptly by adopting special temporary competition rules which should remain temporarin response to a a serious disturbance of the European economy;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas there is a need to remedy this serious disturbance through the targeted use of aid instruments, in order to promote employment and business competitiveness;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to launch a post COVID-19 roadmap for less and better targeted State aid in order to promote business competitiveness and safeguard jobs, in particular in areas where employment levels are abnormally low;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Expresses its concern about distortive state-funded competition from Chinese and other foreign undertakings acquiring European undertakings, especially those active in innovative technologies and those active in promoting the green recovery, the use of renewable energy, decarbonisation and modernisation towards clean and circular industry;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses the need to protect competition on the European market from any form of unfair dumping - be it economic, social, fiscal or environmental - by non-EU economic operators who are not subject to compliance with sustainability criteria similar to those in Europe;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States in this regard, pending consideration of the proposal on the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), to consider how to strengthen EU trade defence instruments to ensure that they can be used to safeguard the public and private investments needed to achieve the EU's ambitious climate targets, while protecting the competitiveness of the industrial sectors involved in the green transition;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is of the opinion that the Union and the Member States need targeted policies and investments to reindustrialise and re- shore jobs and value chain activities; points out that these policies and investments should aim to protect and promote, in particular, those sectors and jobs that are involved in achieving the objectives of the Green Deal and in the transition towards a circular economy;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls for, accordingly, strong support for investment in research and development and for technological innovation of products and production processes by European industry, as part of the transition to a sustainable development model based on renewable and recyclable energy and materials, aimed at supporting the competitiveness of European industry vis-à-vis non-EU competitors whose production processes are not subject to the same ambitious environmental sustainability criteria as those determined at the EU level;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)