Activities of Geert BOURGEOIS related to 2020/2076(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on A New Industrial Strategy for Europe
Amendments (6)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the Commission’s initiatives to support European SMEs’ access to international markets; Calls for the need to include a separate chapter for SME's in all future trade agreements to ensure SME's reap maximal fruits of the market access gained; Calls furthermore on the Commission to support the national and regional export agencies in their efforts to allow SME's to take best advantage of trade agreements. Indicates in this regard the new role and functioning of the chief Trade Enforcement Officer, stresses, however, that SMEs have to deal with too many regulations and burdens and excessive bureaucracy; stresses that SMEs are kept at a competitive disadvantage by investing in climate neutrality to comply with the Green Deal while trying to remain competitive and thrive on export markets;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the Commission to contribute to build up the EU’s strategic autonomy based on more resilient supply chains, import diversification and appropriate stockpiling; calls for a EU Strategy on smart reshoring of industries in order to ease our dependency- innovation, modernisation, research, digitisation and robotisation will be key to ensure competitiveness of companies concerned;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Supports, in principle, the initiative to reinforce a rule-based multilateral trading system; expresses its concern, however, about the functioning of the WTO, owing to some international actors abusing their market powerincites the Commission to step up its efforts to achieve agreement on WTO reform and the WTO dispute settlement system, in particular WTO Appellate body;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the reinforcement of the safeguard instruments in order to make them more efficient and betterWarns against unjustifiable protectionist measures leading to disrupting the global economy; Calls for the robust deployment of the European safeguard instruments adapted to protect European industry and to tackle market distortions effectively;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the screening of foreign direct investment and to protect access to strategic industries, infrastructure, key enabling technologies, or any other assets in the interests of security and cybersecurity.; Underlines the mainly coordinating role of the Commission with option for individual Member States to decide whether or not to apply a mechanism;