5 Amendments of Francesca BALZANI related to 2010/2245(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that internationalisation and innovation are key drivers of external competitiveness and growth and are crucial to the EU 2020 strategic goals;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the need to transform the EU's trade and innovation policy into a true vehicle for job creation, the eradication of poverty and sustainable development worldwide; firmly believes that consistency between the internal and external aspects of EU policies is indispensable and that the shaping of a new trade policy must be consistent with a strong, job-creating industrial and innovation policy in order to ensure economic growth and in turn create more and better jobs;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Believes that, in order to develop a competitive trade policy, it is essential to attain the objective of investing 3% of the EU’s GDP in R&D activities by 2020;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that, in the EU’s innovation policies, particular attention must be paid to supporting eco-compatible, energy- saving and low-carbon production and technologies, protecting IPR, improving SMEs’ access to funding, making SMEs internationally active, liberalising protected markets, stabilising exchange rates, fostering the legal protection of EU companies abroad and combating unfair competition and counterfeiting;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that an efficient innovation and growth policy must inevitably invest in research programmes which facilitate mobility and exchanges between researchers at international level and strengthen cooperation between the worlds of science and business (Marie Curie Actions);