Activities of Jens ROHDE related to 2010/2010(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on developing the job potential of a new sustainable economy
Amendments (8)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that it has, however, been overlooked that the EU Member States face a number of common challenges where only common European initiatives make sense;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes it is vital to ensure a new Community frameworks for research and development with a suitable and sufficient budget in order to support public-sector research and make its results available in an accessible and non- bureaucratic form with a view to innovation by microbusinesses and SMEs,; calls therefore on the Commission to present an ambitious 8th Framework Programme in due course; stresses the importance of public research, especially in the areas of energy efficiency, energy infrastructure use of new energy sources and production processes, and recycling and better use of resources and in the context of creating jobs with rights; emphasises also the importance of ensuring that microbusinesses and SMEs are involved;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that the necessary economic growth and resulting employment gains in an innovation-based economy cannot be achieved unless European researchers and businesses are able to convert their research results into commercial products; refers to the Commission's Innovation Scoreboard that shows an innovation gap of 30% with the USA and 40% with Japan;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. places emphasis, in this context, on public-private research cooperation as a key instrument for achieving the Europe 2020 objective of spending 3% of GDP on research and development and ensuring that research creates value added in the European economy;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Deeply deplores the Commission's decision to delay the proposal on a Community patent and strongly urges the Member States to demonstrate the necessary political will; points out that the cost of obtaining a patent in the EU is around ten times that in the USA;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists on the need to pay particular attention to those affected by deindustrialisation (in the wake of concentration in industries in crisis or thanks to abandonment by the multinationals),the reorganisation of the global economy) by introducing support mechanisms for integrated interventions, targeted on development, characterised by innovation, andto support the changeover to a more innovation-based economy which is capable of creating jobs with rights and reducing social inequalities and regional asymmetries;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Insists also on the importance of private investment, stressing that financing needs can only be met through private investment; points out the large differences in how much is invested in R&D by private companies, ranging from 5-7 % of profits in the ICT and pharmaceutical industry to ca. 1% for energy companies; calls on the EU to create the right framework conditions to provide incentives for businesses to invest;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses that there is still a considerable need for structural reform; notes, inter alia, the EU's declining productivity, as against increases of 2% in the USA and 8% in China in 2009; draws attention also to inflexible labour markets and demographic trends, with calculations indicating that age-related expenditure will amount to almost one- third of EU GDP.