Activities of Adam GIEREK related to 2010/2095(INI)
Plenary speeches (3)
Explanations of vote
Industrial policy for the globalised era (debate)
Industrial policy for the globalised era (debate)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas maintaining global leadership of European industry is only possible through new technologies/processes/solutions, R&D, a sophisticated supply-chain, better efficiency, strong human resources, good logistics and infrastructure, as cost-cutting is notglobal competitiveness measured in terms of overall costs for entire industrial branches and economic sectors is the way forward for industry in Europe,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas a new model of consumption based on innovative solutions driven by the market, in particular by local markets, is essential,
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. having regard to the ongoing process of relocating manufacturing industries outside the European Union, mainly to the Far East, which is increasing unemployment in Europe,
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. An active industrial policy means support from the Member States’ budgets both for innovative industrial solutions and for the essential raw material industries with a long payback period, including the energy industry, on which the development of processing sectors with a short payback period depends; an active industrial policy should bring more tax revenue into national budgets;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that a new, sustainable EU industrial policy can only be effective if it is pursued in close coordination with the industrial policies of the Member States, and therefore calls on the Commission to take in 2011 the initiatives that are possible under the Lisbon Treaty (Article 173(2)), in the form of guidelines, indicators, monitoring possibilities and evaluation procedures and proposals for upholding the rules on fair competition in the EU’s single market;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that it is largely the needs (profits) of international corporations which shape current industrial policy in the EU, not the interests of the Union;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Notes that industrial policy depends to a large extent on protecting EU industry against unfair competition from third countries;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 5
Paragraph 14 – indent 5
- measures to counter the growing oligopalisation of extraction of, and trade in, raw materials; market domination by national oligopolies and monopolies and transnational corporations as regards the extraction of mineral and energy raw materials and the manufacture of semi-finished goods, as well as trade therein;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 5 a (new)
Paragraph 14 – indent 5 a (new)
- support for small and medium-sized enterprises using local raw materials, including agricultural and forestry raw materials;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Is convinced that EU industry needs an infrastructure and energy policy focused on the long term and on solidarity which guarantees appropriatelow world energy prices and security of EU supply, allows manufacturing to take place without the release of gases damaging to the climate, and prevents carbon leakage; points out that the internal energy market is an asset when it comes to switching to low-carbon production and supply, and that the network infrastructuresmart electricity and gas grids must therefore be renewed and extended, and smart grids promoted;