1 Amendments of Roberto GUALTIERI related to 2010/2277(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to acknowledge the diversity of business models in Europe when drafting legislation; stresses in particular the importance of social economy businesses, whose model is not based on size or on area of activity, but rather on respect for common values, as reflected in the involvement of social stakeholders, the primacy of the individual and social objectives over capital, the safeguarding and implementation of the principles of solidarity and responsibility, the reconciliation of the interests of users with the general interest, voluntary and open membership and mobilisation of the bulk of surpluses in pursuit of the aims of sustainable development and the provision of services to members, while acting in the general interest;