12 Amendments of Jacky HÉNIN related to 2013/2177(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas social movements and strikes throughout Europe bear witness to the mobilisation of steel industry workers and their commitment to saving jobs and their industry;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F – point 1
Recital F – point 1
• the demand for steel has dropped substantially owing to the financial and economic crisis and to austerity plans in particular, which have created a vicious cycle, thus depriving households and undertakings of the resources needed to ensure sufficient demand;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F – point 2
Recital F – point 2
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the results of the cumulative cost assessment of the steel sector shows that compliance with EU regulations conditions a significant proportion of EU steel producers’ profit margins; urges, therefore, that industrial policy legislation and rules be completely overhauled and, in particular, that guidelines on aid for firms in difficulty and on State aid in general be simplified and improved;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomNotes the Commission’s approach continuing the dialogue between the EU institutions, industry chief executives and trade unions in the form of a permanent High-Level Round Table on steel; stresses that the latter will be of use only if it results in clear decisions and legislative proposals leading to a lasting solution for the steel industry; urges that, unlike the many communications on industrial policy previously adopted, these good political intentions should actually lead to concrete action;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that economic growth depends on a stronger European industry, and therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to boost demand by supporting key steel-using sectors, stimulating investment conditions, strengthening the internal market and advancing European infrastructure development projects in cooperation with all relevant actors, in particular workers’ representatives on boards of directors;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the Commission, the Member States, the industry and the trade unions should act jointly to retain and attract qualified workers, talented high- skilled scientists and managers to the steel sector, thus ensuring a dynamic and innovative workforce; urges the Commission and the Member States to implement immediate actions to avoid the loss of expertise and minimise the loss of jobsand to maintain employment levels in the industry, and believes that each departing employee should be replaced in order to protect a sector which is of strategic importance for Union industry as a whole;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. If it is to be implemented, any project having a bearing on steel industry jobs should be approved by workers’ representatives at national, and where necessary European, level;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Asks the Commission to immediately and fully deploy EU funding to reduce the social impact of industrial restructuring, and stresses that this funding should not be limited to aid for restructuring or training for dismissed workers, but should provide for the promotion of an ambitious reindustrialisation policy and improvements to the working conditions of steel industry workers;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. For the purpose of protecting the European market, all public buildings and infrastructure using steel should be obliged to source 80 % of that steel from European industries.
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. A ‘steel produced in Europe’ label should be introduced;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Each undertaking should have a budget for research and development amounting to at least 2 % of its turnover;