12 Amendments of Ernő SCHALLER-BAROSS related to 2022/2040(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas EU’s trade policy is at the centre of Europe’s economic prosperity and competitiveness, its core function is facilitating the exchange of goods and services in a manner that creates opportunities for companies and economic welfare, as such it is in EU’s interest to have its supply chains more resilient.
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas disruption to supply intermediate goods and production inputs means that EU exports shrink more than imports, thus negatively impacts its trade balance;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU is strategically dependent on external sources of energy, a situation that is undermining the EU’s economic resilience and open strategic autonomy; whereas skyrocketing energy prices are a serious threat to the EU’s production and competitiveness and may put further pressure on many supply chains that have already faced disruption;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas even though the EU must gain more strategic independence in different fields, including agricultural products,the EU must diversify in different strategically important sectors, including critical raw materials, semiconductors, medicines and health products, this independence has not yet been achieved;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas in order to increase the resilience of its supply chains and its competitiveness, the EU should implement a combination of different commodity- based solutions, including boosting existing EU production, reshoring and nearshoring, stockpiling, where necessary, promoting the circular economy and diversifying suppliers through strategic free trade agreements, sectoral partnerships and alliances, and trade and technology councils and by supporting a strong rules- based trading system;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that it is crucial to respond to the possible negative consequences of any external shocks with a rapid and coordinated approach at national and EU level;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the COVID-19 crisis and the war in Ukraine have highlighted the EU agricultural sector’s dependence on imports from a small number of countries, especially in the case of wheat and ammonium, which is essential for fertilisers; recalls that the EU should be autonomousdiversify in primary sector products in order to guarantee its security and avoidto reduce dependencey on third parties;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the need for a harmoniscoordinated approach on the unilateral, bilateral and multilateral level with a short- , medium- and long-term perspective;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that the continuing rise in the cost of bureaucracy, particularly as a result of EU legislation such as the Supply Chain Actproposal on Corporate sustainability due diligence directive, places a particular burden on the export industry, which is dominated by SMEs; therefore calls on the Commission to make sure that all legislation and policy actions take due account of the interests of SMEs and for this to invoke regulatory moratorium and to delay all legislation and policy actions that would overburden businesses;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the shortening of supply chains, where necessary and is in EU’s interest, in combination with other instruments, and the relocation to the EU of EU businesses’ production facilities in countries outside the bloc;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to develop, in coordination with the Member States, mechanisms to ensure smart stockpiling of certain products, such as medicines and medical equipment, as well as some agricultural products, depending on their expiry date;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to move forward with free trade agreements already concluded and speed up negotiations with new trading partners in order to strengthen and diversify external trade, thus making EU’s position in global value chain stronger,