2 Amendments of Dimitar STOYANOV related to 2012/2042(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Points out that by strengthening economic growth and social and territorial cohesion, Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) have a crucial role to play in the efforts to reach the EU 2020 objectives; notes that the economic and fiscal crisis has had a dramaticging impact on the position and perspectives of many SMEs, andmaking them extremely vulnerable, so that there is an urgent need for access to financing;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the European Council to preserve the cohesion policy budget for the next programming period, as the Structural and Cohesion Funds are among the EU’s most effective instruments for creating more growth and jobs,increasing the employment rate among the resident population, with a view to increasing competitiveness of the European economy and supporting SMEs;