Activities of António Fernando CORREIA DE CAMPOS related to 2011/2288(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the attractiveness of investing in Europe
Amendments (12)
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that the EU's future attractiveness relies on maintaining its reputation for quality, specialisation and a skilled workforce, while reducing business cost that allows productivity and efficiency gains;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights that continued investment in Human Capital and the mobility of professionals are preconditions in achieving such skilled workforce;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses the important contribution of smart regulation towards simplification and reduction of administrative and business costs, namely in the context of SMEs;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point a
Paragraph 4 – point a
a) become a leader in new kinds of economic technology, such as sustainable and digital economies, key enabling technologies and renewable energy, and strengthen the focus in achieving leadership in the areas where Grand Societal Challenges offer the prospect for rising future global markets,
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
ba) put forward incentives and support mechanisms for those companies willing to enter and expand into external markets,
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point b b (new)
Paragraph 4 – point b b (new)
bb) promote standards that contribute towards developing innovation in new products and services, by facilitating access to markets, enabling interoperability between new and existing products, services and processes, enhancing user protection, and giving consumers confidence in innovative products and services,
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 4 – point d a (new)
da) continue to remove existing barriers to the Single market, by promoting the free movement of capital, labour, products and services, building on the attractiveness of a market of 500 million Europeans and stimulating business competitiveness;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 - point d a (new)
Paragraph 4 - point d a (new)
da) continue to build a strong public research base with close links to industry and society at large, in order to underpin technological innovation and private investment in R&D;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point d b (new)
Paragraph 4 – point d b (new)
db) prioritise the maintenance in the EU of a strong manufacturing base, namely in sectors where Europe has kept traditionally a strong position, such automobile, aerospace, pharmaceuticals or chemistry, and in new high-technology areas where a strong industrial base is an underpinning element of product, process and service innovation, and of job creation,
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point d c (new)
Paragraph 4 – point d c (new)
dc) take advantage of the historical heritage of Europe by fostering the cultural industries, sports and tourism as growing and attractive markets,
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point d d (new)
Paragraph 4 – point d d (new)
dd) foster the trans-Atlantic economy as our current main commercial trade and foreign direct investment partner, taking better advantage of skilled job flows across the two regions and building on the potential for strengthening the innovation economy,.
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point d e (new)
Paragraph 4 – point d e (new)
de) push forward new bankruptcy laws to encourage a second chance policy to foster entrepreneurship and the re-start of new business, building on the advantage provided by the capital of experience acquired by failed entrepreneurs;