4 Amendments of Georgios KYRTSOS related to 2014/2209(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A b (new)
Recital -A b (new)
-Ab. Whereas SMEs are Europe’s economic backbone, greatly contributing to economic and social cohesion in the Member States, making up around 99% of all European businesses and providing around 75 million jobs;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas account must be taken of the potential of the EU budget, as an investment-driven budget, to facilitate the access to funding of European SMEs through the reduction of bureaucracy and through dedicated financial tools and the increase of funding for progbrammes such as LEADER and LEOs (local enterprise offices);
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Member States and the EU to provide greater support, in particular, to community- based SMEs and social enterprises, and specifically to communityin particular those that contribute to improving their energy efficiency and to the effective use of resources and renewable energy systems;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes note of the new European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI); pledges that the project selection process will take into account green SMEs, micro- enterprises, social enterprises and cooperatives in particular.