Activities of Geert BOURGEOIS related to 2022/2008(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the implementation of the Updated New Industrial Strategy for Europe: aligning spending to policy
Amendments (7)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the new Industrial Strategy was updated to reflect the lessons learned from COVID-19, and that this strategy will be key to enhancing EU competitiveness and overcoming future challenges; recalls that a strong governance system and market surveillance are essential in order to relaunch the single market; calls on the Commission to put the proper functioning of the internal market and its further deepening at the heart of its policies and focus on ensuring that the industrial strategy helps remove single market barriers and avoid further fragmentation; stresses that the COVID-19 crisis and the war in Ukraine have highlighted the urgent need for a unified European energy, capital, digital and services market to increase our resilience and prosperity;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers that the best relaunch measure is to complete the internal market; refers to estimates made by the European Commission that further improvements in the single market for industrial products could generate between EUR 183 billion and EUR 269 billion a year, while profits from further integration of services markets could reach EUR 297 billion a year, which alone would increase the economic benefits from 8-9% to around 12% of additional GDP; emphasises that the internal market is crucial for the competitiveness of the European Union and its businesses;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the need to strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs and industry by addressing supply risks, dependencies, disruptions and vulnerabilities, especially in the green and digital economies; stresses that effective public procurement will lead to more jobs, growth and innovative investmentpoints out that self-sufficiency is neither desirable nor feasible, but advocates diversification of supply chains, the creation of rolling strategic stocks and a policy that facilitates strategic re- and near-shoring; advocates openness in the world and defends the motto ‘to protect without protectionism’; stresses that effective public procurement will lead to more jobs, growth and innovative investments; encourages the EU to take as its starting point trust in people and businesses that are overwhelmingly bona fide and believes that the EU should guard against over-regulation and the imposition of unnecessarily heavy burdens on our businesses, especially our SMEs;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates the need to enhancestrengthen open European strategic autonomy by investing in skills, digital infrastructures and key technologies such as AI, cybersecurity, 5G and 6G, microprocessors and semiconductors, high-performance computing and quantum technologies; points to the continuing need for shifts in the EU budget with much more funding for research and development; advocates smart and targeted investments with a long-term vision, cooperation among Member States, and a focus on a few specific areas to ensure that a leading role can be played in the world; states that oversight of the resources used is crucial; emphasises the importance of improving the availability of data and advocates a unified European data market; believes that the EU should work together with the United States to achieve compatible digital standards;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the commitments to increase R&D investments to 3 % of GDP and to develop a single market for research and innovation; regrets that the EU average for R&D investment is only just over 2%, which is far below the level in the United States, Japan, South Korea and Israel; stresses that increased investment in research and development is an absolute necessity if the EU is to remain competitive; underlines that industrial alliances and public-private partnerships are important to develop breakthrough technologies; calls on the Commission to ensure consistency and synergy in all initiatives, funding and regulatory instruments supporting industry; regrets that too much funding in the EU still goes to small, short-term, fragmented and even overlapping projects;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasises that European industrial policy must benefit all Member States and ensure that smaller Member States are not disadvantaged;