5 Amendments of Mara BIZZOTTO related to 2014/2245(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the financial crisis has undermined the positive effects of cohesion policy and led topursuit of cohesion policy goals has not provided a solution to the financial crisis but has instead brought about higher unemployment rates, and increased poverty and social exclusion, and less convergence than expected;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the fact that the economic crisis has seriously damaged economic, social and territorial cohesion, resulting in huge differences between Member States; recalls that since the onset of the crisis over 3.8 million jobs have been lost in manufacturing in the EU1; considers, however, that the current crisis is systemic and that there is an urgent need for the EU to abandon the ultraliberal ‘model’; __________________ 1 Industrial Scoreboard 2013, Commission Staff Working Document, p.6.
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Cohesion Fund and the Structural Funds are still one of the EU’s main investmentbsorb huge resources from the EU budget but are still ineffective instruments, with the potential to alleviate negative trends resulting from the economic crisis and to create jobs, if used efficientlywhich to combat the crisis and unemployment, owing to their complexity and an approach to project management which, instead of addressing people’s real needs, serves objectives which have not yet been made clear;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the fact that the industrial sector constitutes one of the cornerstones of economic and social cohesion in Europe since nearly 80 % of European exports depend on the industrial sector and industry accounts for 80 % of expenditure on R&D in Europe2; observes, however, that the EU exposes our industries to fierce competition by obstinately rejecting any economic protectionism and imposing severe constraints, to which competition is not subject; __________________ 2 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, COM(2014)0014, For a European Industrial Renaissance, p.3.
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5