5 Amendments of Clare MOODY related to 2015/2320(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Welcomes the move towards using financial instruments for SME support but believes grant funding should be maintained where it plays a critical and necessary role in the promotion of innovation, development and research which are critical for job creation and the future economic success of Europe ;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that SMEs in Member States that do not have public investment banks may be at a disadvantage compared to those in countries with functioning publicly owned investment banks as an assessment of public interest is not a priority for private banking institutions;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Would welcome smart simplification initiatives to improve application processes and the ex-anti assessment of projects; particularly in the case of microfinance; would further welcome accountability measures targeted at financial intermediaries which don’t overburden SMEs or unreasonably increase costs;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes also that women entrepreneurs often face additional barriers and emphasises that more should be done to unlock their potential as job creators and drivers of economic growth; this should be considered by the Commission as a measure of success or failure in its reports to the Parliament;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Draws attention to regional disparities and imbalances in SMEs’ access to funding from national promotional banks, EU funded programmes and other private and public funding institutions; calls for a correction mechanism at EU level to ensure a level playing field for all SMEs – with special focus on poorer regions andless developed, poorer and more remote regions as well as on countries that have been under financial and economic constraints – in accessing funding from EU-supported financial instruments while using intermediaries;