5 Amendments of Alfredo PALLONE related to 2013/2075(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission report and its focus on the contribution of competition policy to fight barriers and irregular State aid for the benefit of the single market; takes the view that EU competition policy is in need of review, owing to developments in the global context;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes the view that competition policy should be adjusted so as to better respond to the challenges posed by globalisation; the new EU competition policy must, in particular, be able to address the continual erosion of the market share of the European single market as compared to that of the emerging markets;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Agrees that too many sectors are still largely divided by national borders and that competition policy has a fundamental role to play against suchthe fragmentation of the single market and hence in the promotion of a strong European single market; takes the view that sectors which are vital to the European economy, such as the iron and steel industry, should be better shielded and safeguarded with a view to restoring economic growth in Europe;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Takes the view that it should be possible for the new EU competition policy to include flexibility clauses, in the interests of shielding the European single market;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission to consider the possibility of allowing adjustments to rules under the competition policy when these threaten to destabilise the economic and social situation of a Member State;