10 Amendments of Gunnar HÖKMARK related to 2011/0000(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines the need for growth promoting reforms in Europe and highlights the immediate fulfilment of the Single Market as its overarching priority; calls on the Commission to take action against those Member States who have not yet fully implemented the Single Market Act and the Services Directive;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Furthermore, stresses that the current scope of the Single Market, even when fully implemented, is insufficient as nearly four fifths of the European economy today is constituted by the services sectors; therefore, calls on national as well as community initiatives to extend the range of the Single Market to cover the entire European economy in order to fully utilise also the potential posed by the knowledge intensive parts of our economy;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Is of the opinion that efforts must be enhanced to create a truly Digital Single Market by 2015 at the latest, enabling entrepreneurs, innovators and consumers to benefit the many opportunities and potentials for development offered by online services;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Points to the fact that no other circumstance in economics or economic history has been as fundamentally supported as the mutual benefits of free trade; remembers that the swift revitalisation of world trade was the prime factor for preventing a reprise of a 1930's- like global depression after the crisis of 2008;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7e. Seeks to stretch the ambitions even further by injecting political momentum into deepening of EU-US economic integration, aiming for a free trade agreement and a fully integrated trans- Atlantic market;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)
Paragraph 7 f (new)
7f. Urges against this background for a quantum leap of EU-lead trade liberalisation aiming for conclusion of free trade agreements with India, Canada, countries in the Eastern partnership as well as ASEAN members before the end of 2012;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 g (new)
Paragraph 7 g (new)
7g. Acknowledges the burden inflicted upon European business from excessive regulation, especially micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, stemming from national as well as EU provisions; asks the Commission to annually publish a statement identifying and explaining the total net cost to businesses of regulatory proposals issued in the preceding year alongside proposals for reducing that cost during the year to follow;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 h (new)
Paragraph 7 h (new)
7h. Stresses the importance of increasing mobility in European labour markets where, especially, young people suffer from rigid structures and excessive regulation; underscores that the number of regulated professions must be reduced significantly;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 i (new)
Paragraph 7 i (new)
7i. Highlights the significance of allowing consumers in all of the European Union the ability of freely choosing the provider of services and goods for their daily consumption;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 j (new)
Paragraph 7 j (new)
7j. Welcomes further legislative initiatives which open up national markets and transform them into a fully integrated Single Market in order to increase the number of providers and thereby foster competition between them to the benefit of European consumers;