Activities of Barbara KAPPEL related to 2014/2245(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Investment for jobs and growth: promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU (A8-0173/2015 - Tamás Deutsch) DE
Amendments (9)
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that austerity measures in several European countries are having a negative impact on industrial structures, resulting in a fall-off innecessary so that a budget which has been restored to balance can strengthen industrial structures and ensures that, on the basis of a sound financial situation, investments and more difficultre made once again and access to credit for manufacturers is facilitated;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Takes the view that the fragmentation of the financial market, the risk aversion of European undertakings and a cautious approach to innovation are acting as a brake on job creation and growth;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that all the new projects and investments promoted by EU funds should have an employment clause that includes the obligation to create new and non- precarious jobs;s one of their objectives the creation of new jobs, but rejects on legal and economic grounds the use of a mandatory employment clause1a; __________________ 1aAn employment clause would lead directly to crowding out and divert investment from long-term projects to short-term speculation.
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes the view that the inefficient internal cost structures perpetuated by the failure to carry out structural reforms are deterring private investors;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for more social and public investa stable environment for private investors in the areas of transport and strategic infrastructure, innovation research and developments, without which it will be impossible to reach the target of raising industry’s contribution to GDP to as much as 20 % by 2020; recalls that all investments and projects should enhancefor an appropriate balance to be struck between the objectives of reindustrialisation and of environmental and climate protection.;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for an inclusive industrial strategy that willstrategy for the reindustrialisation of Europe that will, without employing fiscal stimulus measures and without creating any risk of crowding-out, tackle unemployment and secure more growth, more jobs with enhanced workers’ rights, and access to public health and education as one of the means of achieving the economic, social and territorial cohesion that is needed in the EU; considers that the ultimate goal should be sustainable development and a high quality of life, together with prosperity and decent work for everyone.
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for the investment plan to be used to further the efforts to complete the internal market in the areas of finance, telecommunications, energy, transport and services.
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls, as a means of improving the employment situation, for proper account to be taken of the needs of SMUs when laws and regulations are drawn up and for access to credit to be facilitated for undertakings, whatever their size, which create jobs.
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls, as a means of improving the situation as regards innovation, exchanges of knowledge and ideas and the competiveness and innovativeness of European undertakings, for the digital internal market to be completed.