Activities of Catherine GRÈZE related to 2010/2095(INI)
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OPINION An Industrial Policy for the Globalised Era
Amendments (8)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes the view that an ‘EU industrial policy for the globalised era’ can achieve its aims only if it deals with the current regional disparities resulting from deindustrialisation, which is a consequence of globalisation; emphasises, in this connection, the crucial role played by EU regional policy, inter alia through the ESF;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Takes the view that the challenge of climate change must give rise to a different kind of development based on new, non-polluting, energy-efficient industries; emphasises the leading role played by regions in promoting a genuine greening of industry and supporting the development of renewable energies;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the vast majority of our industrial market is made up of small and medium-sized enterprises, and that the most effective way to combat regional disparities is to make local development a priority: any integrated strategy on the future of European industries shouldwill therefore focus primarily on an enhanced approach toward SMEs as the key to territorial coheshave to focus on the idea of ‘re-localising’ the economy, so as to strengthen the local economic fabric evenly across all regions and encourage the creation of long-term jobs that are not vulnerable to relocation;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that research and innovation is most effectively addressed at regional level in the proximity of actors such as universities, public research organisations and industry, promoting partnership in knowledge transfer and the exchange of good practices between regions; in this regard, calls on the Commission to invest in small and medium-sized innovation clusters and networks, through enhanced cooperation with the European Investment Bank and within the framework of a permanent industrial policy task force;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the importance of a well- balanced and sustainable resource efficiency plan as a tool for driving EU industries towards a competitive industrial strategy, thus enhancing the competitiveness of our industrial sector compared to other markets, such as the USA and China, which have set ambitious targets on environmental products; emphasises that environmental standards on raw and auxiliary materials, as well as on security of energy supplies, should lead to enhanced territorial cohesion instead of increasing the distance between central and outermost regions, taking special account of the peripheral regions and their needs;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that an integrated strategy for EU industries should focus on overcoming the skill shortages affecting SMEs and industries. I; in this respect, emphasises the need for coordinated initiatives to improve the teaching of STEM subjects (science, and technology, engineering and mathematics) at all levels, whilst promot subjects covering the fields of renewable energies, energy-efficient buildings additional coordinated and targeted higher qualificationnd clean industrial processes and transport; reaffirms that such investment will create jobs; calls on the Member States to include vocational qualifications for entrepreneurship in university programmes and other higher education courses; highlights the need to revise the European Social Fund in accordance with the revised skills requirements set by the industrial sector;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Highlights the need for such a strategy to include crucial support for those industrial sectors that will contract, at least in their present form, and emphasises that this can be achieved only with the help of regions which support the redeployment of workers by funding suitable training programmes;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that sustainable and fair growthdevelopment in the industrial sector can be better achieved by Member States through the principle of reciprocity of commercial policies; notes that regional network structures and competitive clusters should not be adversely affected by dissimilar commercial rules and provisions;