6 Amendments of Miriam DALLI related to 2014/2209(INI)
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas despite recent efforts, SMEs and micro enterprises continue to have difficulties with access to finance and whereas EU programmes still fall short of significantly contributing to innovation;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considering that micro enterprises generate thousands of jobs across Europe and as such require a different framework to work within, a clear definition of micro enterprises is urgently required;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the EU needs to drastically change its entrepreneurial culture in order to contribute to economic growth by having more people, especially young people starting up their own businesses and seeking more businesses opportunities, including in green growth, and by accepting failure and risk-taking; emphasises the importance of putting this issue at the centre of policy making; calls on Member States to cater for a softer landing after business failure, for instance by modifying bankruptcy laws to allow people to start up a new business soon after failure of a previous venture, especially in new and innovative sectors;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on Member States to avoid creating barriers to the internal market by gold-plating and to ensure consistent transposition into national legislation; invites the Commission to step up its efforts in addressing gold-plating with individual Member States; stresses the need for a clear and uniform EU-wide interpretation by national regulators and open public procurement rules, including green procurement and e-procurement, which at the moment represents a substantial barrier for SMEs and micro enterprises wishing to internationalise and at the same time a tremendous opportunity for Member States to be early adaptors;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the Commission decision for withdrawing obsolete or overly burdensome legislative proposals; calls on the Commission to refrain from legislative proposals that would lead to an unnecessary administrative burden for businesses and SME, SMEs and micro enterprises and to continuously review existing legislation with the objective of decreasing the current administrative burden and adapting this to new business models; stresses, nonetheless, the need for ambitious actions to reach the EU’s environmental targets;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that developing entrepreneurship skills and programmes to learn how the market, the economy and the financial system operate, function and interact, along with environmental awareness, should be included in basic education systems, and youth entrepreneurship should be promoted at schools, taught already in primary schools and also through extra-curriculum activities; believes that a well prepared business plan is the first step towards better access to finance and viability; calls on the Commission and the Member States to include financial education in their education programmes without delay; supports in this connection the ‘Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs’ programme, designed to promote an entrepreneurial culture and develop the single market and competitiveness;