8 Amendments of Evelyne GEBHARDT related to 2013/2006(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes an essentially critical view of the Commission’s selective commitment to six priority markets for investment and innovation; lays much greater stress on the importance of improving the framework conditions for R&D and the central role of start-up businesses and SMEs as drivers of European innovation.
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that industrial manufacturing processes are increasingly knowledge-based and that the strength of industry therefore depends to a crucial extent on well-trained specialists; therefore calls for close coordination between industrial policy and training;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that industrial policy should be guided by the principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’; believes that professional qualifications and fair wages are not exclusively matters of social policy, but are also preconditions for growth, innovation and investment; takes the view that overall statutory minimum wages in the Member States are an appropriate instrument for limiting wage dumping, boosting domestic demand and promoting economic growth;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that industrial policy should be guided by the principle of ‘equal pay for work of equal workvalue’; believes that professional qualifications and fair wages are not exclusively matters of social policy, but are also preconditions for growth, innovation and investment;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Is in favour of better coordination of company tax systems in the EU by means of the introduction of harmonised tax bases and tax corridors;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Acknowledges the importance of the TTIP undertaking; advocates that it should endeavour to phase out fossil fuel subsidies; advocates newly defining the likeness of products by distinguishing them on the basis of their carbon footprint; stresses the need for the streamlining of regulations as well as the reduction of regulatory and administrative burdens, as intended by the TTIP, to be implemented under the strict consideration and protection of high social and environmental standards and employees' rights;
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Underlines that RISE should be guided by the principle of 'equal pay for equal work', in order to ensure both gender equality at the workplace and equal terms for employees on different types of contract;
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 b (new)
Paragraph 44 b (new)
44b. Believes that further development of the freedom of movement for workers, through the use of instruments such as mutual recognition of professional qualifications and life-long training, in particular for vulnerable workers, has great potential for mitigating the shortage of skilled labour and for triggering inclusive growth;