Activities of Paul MURPHY related to 2013/2062(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on CARS 2020: towards a strong, competitive and sustainable European car industry
Amendments (5)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Recognises the low domestic demand for cars in the EU; underlines that low demand, particularly in the so-called peripheral countries, is a direct result of the economic and social crisis in Europe, aggravated by the severe austerity policies carried out across Europe which undermine the purchasing power of European citizens and increase already existing overcapacities with massive job losses as a result;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Underlines that a slow down in the world economy and in China in particular will further reduce the prospect for an increase in exports of European car producers and therefore highlights the need for an alternative strategy for the European car industry;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Stresses that an EU strategy for the automotive sector needs to be consistent with other EU policy objectives such as the reduction in CO2 emissions and other objectives related to climate change; therefore calls for an increased funding for public research in sustainable public mobility and for a general and fundamental shift towards public transport; to that end calls for the reconversion of closed plants or those threatened with closure to the production of public transport vehicles;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Recalls that necessary and large scale innovation in the interest of sustainable production in the car industry is often hampered by the lack of a long term perspective and planning due to increased competitive pressures on an international scale and the drive for short term profit; underlines that this development goes against the interests of workers, consumers and the environment;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. In light of the current crisis in the car industry and increased competitive pressures on workers' wages and conditions, partly brought about by existing free trade agreements and potentially aggravated through the signing of new free trade agreements between the EU and third countries, underlines the need of trade unions to develop an international strategy to defend jobs and conditions of workers employed in the car industry; is of the opinion that this strategy needs to include a radical plan to reorganise the car industry in the interests of working people and the environment based on the nationalisation of the industry under the democratic control and management of the workers, trade unions and the state;