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2016/2695(RSP) Resolution on synergies for innovation: European Structural and Investment Funds, Horizon 2020 and other European innovation funds and EU programmes

Progress: Procedure completed

Events

2017/01/23
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
SP(2016)694
2016/07/06
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
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Results of vote in Parliament
2016/07/06
   EP - Decision by Parliament
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The European Parliament adopted by 597 to 73, with 38 abstentions, a resolution on synergies for innovation: the European Structural and Investment Funds, Horizon 2020 and other European innovation funds and EU programmes.

The text adopted in plenary was adopted by the EPP, S&D, ECR, ALDE, Greens/EFA and EFDD groups.

Parliament restated that links between cohesion policy and other EU policies, funding programmes and initiatives (e.g. Horizon 2020 , the Connecting Europe Facility , the digital single market , rural development, the energy union , the innovation union and the Europe 2020 flagship initiatives) have been strengthened within the Common Strategic Framework introduced by the Common Provisions Regulation establishing common provisions for all five of these funds – the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds).

The rationale of strengthening synergies between Horizon 2020 and ESI Funds lies in building meaningful interactions between investment strategies and interventions as a way to have significant impacts on the economy, combining innovation investments in smart specialisation priorities with world-class research and innovation initiatives, thus ensuring a higher impact of the funds. Members considered that the smart specialisation methodology should remain a model for cohesion policy post-2020.

While insisting on the need to strengthen result-orientation in cohesion policy, Parliament underlined the urgent need to increase synergies with other EU policies on competitiveness, in particular in the field of research and development, ICT, renewable energies and SMEs, with a view to increasing the exploitation rate of EU R&D results, creating new high-quality jobs and maintaining existing ones and promoting the green economy.

Members noted that synergies with other policies and instruments must be further enhanced in order to maximise the impact of investments . In this context, they noted the Stairway to Excellence (S2E) EU budget pilot project, which continues to support regions of 13 Member States in developing and exploiting the synergies between the ESI Funds. They called on the Commission and the Member States to:

pay constant attention to the needs of SMEs in the design and implementation of the ESI Funds and Horizon 2020, as well as to synergies between these; prepare coordinated calls for proposals in order to ease access to multi-fund financing.

The resolution underlined that the European Structural and Investment Funds (EFSI) must be complementary and additional to the ESI Funds and other EU programmes such as Horizon 2020 and to the regular activities of the European Investment Bank.

Parliament also highlighted the preparations by the Commission for the possible establishment of a European Innovation Council (EIC) for better coordination of innovation initiatives in the European Union. The main objective of an EIC should be to help reduce barriers to commercialisation in Europe and close the innovation divide. Furthermore, an EIC should involve all relevant stakeholders and have transparent, swift consultations and decision-making processes, avoiding overlap.

Lastly, the Commission is called upon to monitor synergies between the funds systematically and to issue a communication on this issue.

Documents
T8-0311/2016
2016/07/06
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2016/07/05
   EP - Debate in Parliament
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Debate in Parliament
2016/06/29
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B8-0851/2016
2016/06/29
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B8-0852/2016
2016/06/29
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B8-0857/2016
2016/06/29
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B8-0858/2016
2016/06/29
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B8-0860/2016
2016/06/29
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B8-0861/2016
2016/06/29
   Joint motion for resolution
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RC-B8-0851/2016

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RC-B8-0851/2016 - Am 1 #

2016/07/06 Outcome: -: 504, +: 133, 0: 66
EL CY IE AT EE LU MT SI LV LT HR DK FI PT SE CZ HU BE SK NL BG ES IT RO GB FR PL DE
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5
10
18
6
6
5
8
8
11
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13
12
19
12
19
21
19
12
24
17
51
71
28
66
73
48
91
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Greece GUE/NGL

Against (1)

Sofia SAKORAFA
6

Cyprus GUE/NGL

2

Ireland GUE/NGL

4

Denmark GUE/NGL

For (1)

Rina Ronja KARI
1

Finland GUE/NGL

For (1)

Merja KYLLÖNEN
1

Portugal GUE/NGL

4

Sweden GUE/NGL

For (1)

Malin BJÖRK
1

Czechia GUE/NGL

3

Netherlands GUE/NGL

3

Spain GUE/NGL

11

Italy GUE/NGL

3

United Kingdom GUE/NGL

1

France GUE/NGL

4

Germany GUE/NGL

8
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
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Austria Verts/ALE

3

Estonia Verts/ALE

For (1)

Indrek TARAND
1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

Claude TURMES
1

Slovenia Verts/ALE

For (1)

Igor ŠOLTES
1

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Lithuania Verts/ALE

For (1)

Bronis ROPĖ
1

Croatia Verts/ALE

For (1)

Davor ŠKRLEC
1

Denmark Verts/ALE

For (1)

Margrete AUKEN
1

Finland Verts/ALE

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Heidi HAUTALA
1

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France Verts/ALE

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Lithuania EFDD

For (1)

Rolandas PAKSAS
1

Sweden EFDD

Against (1)

Kristina WINBERG
1

Czechia EFDD

Abstain (1)

Petr MACH
1

Italy EFDD

17

United Kingdom EFDD

For (1)

Bill ETHERIDGE
21

France EFDD

Against (1)

Joëlle BERGERON
1

Poland EFDD

1

Germany EFDD

Against (1)

Beatrix von STORCH
1
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Greece NI

5

Hungary NI

3

Italy NI

Against (1)

Renato SORU
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United Kingdom NI

Against (1)

Diane DODDS
1

France NI

Against (1)

Aymeric CHAUPRADE
3

Poland NI

Against (1)

Janusz KORWIN-MIKKE
1

Germany NI

For (1)

Udo VOIGT

Against (1)

Martin SONNEBORN
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Belgium ENF

Abstain (1)

Gerolf ANNEMANS
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Netherlands ENF

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Laurenţiu REBEGA
1

United Kingdom ENF

Abstain (1)

Janice ATKINSON
1

France ENF

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Stanisław ŻÓŁTEK
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Notis MARIAS
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Cyprus ECR

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Eleni THEOCHAROUS
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Latvia ECR

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Roberts ZĪLE
1

Lithuania ECR

Against (1)

Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI
1

Croatia ECR

Against (1)

Ruža TOMAŠIĆ
1

Denmark ECR

Abstain (1)

Rikke-Louise KARLSSON
4

Finland ECR

2

Czechia ECR

2

Belgium ECR

3

Slovakia ECR

2

Netherlands ECR

2

Bulgaria ECR

2

Italy ECR

2

Romania ECR

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Monica MACOVEI
1

United Kingdom ECR

17

Poland ECR

17

Germany ECR

5
icon: ALDE ALDE
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Ireland ALDE

Against (1)

Marian HARKIN
1

Austria ALDE

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Angelika MLINAR
1

Estonia ALDE

3

Luxembourg ALDE

Against (1)

Charles GOERENS
1

Slovenia ALDE

Against (1)

Ivo VAJGL
1

Latvia ALDE

1

Lithuania ALDE

4

Croatia ALDE

2

Denmark ALDE

3

Finland ALDE

4

Portugal ALDE

Against (1)

José Inácio FARIA
2

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2

Czechia ALDE

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Belgium ALDE

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Netherlands ALDE

7

Bulgaria ALDE

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Spain ALDE

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Romania ALDE

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Catherine BEARDER
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Germany ALDE

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Costas MAVRIDES
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Nessa CHILDERS
1

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Mady DELVAUX
1

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Tanja FAJON
1

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Andrejs MAMIKINS
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Portugal S&D

7

Sweden S&D

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Pavel POC
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Slovakia S&D

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Agnes JONGERIUS, Kati PIRI
2

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Spain S&D

13

Italy S&D

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Silvia COSTA
29

Romania S&D

12

United Kingdom S&D

19

France S&D

13

Poland S&D

5

Germany S&D

26
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Cyprus PPE

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Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU
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Estonia PPE

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Tunne KELAM
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Latvia PPE

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Netherlands PPE

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Carlos ITURGAIZ
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Romania PPE

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32

RC-B8-0851/2016 - Résolution #

2016/07/06 Outcome: +: 597, -: 73, 0: 38
DE IT PL ES RO FR GB HU AT BG BE PT CZ NL FI DK SK LT SE HR LV SI LU IE EE MT EL CY
Total
91
71
48
51
29
73
65
21
18
17
19
20
20
25
13
13
12
11
12
9
8
8
6
10
6
6
20
5
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Germany PPE

32

Italy PPE

15

Poland PPE

23

Spain PPE

15

Romania PPE

11

France PPE

20

Hungary PPE

12

Austria PPE

5

Bulgaria PPE

7

Belgium PPE

4

Portugal PPE

6

Czechia PPE

7

Netherlands PPE

5

Finland PPE

3

Denmark PPE

For (1)

Bendt BENDTSEN
1

Slovakia PPE

6

Lithuania PPE

2

Sweden PPE

3

Croatia PPE

3

Latvia PPE

4

Slovenia PPE

5

Luxembourg PPE

3

Ireland PPE

4

Estonia PPE

For (1)

Tunne KELAM
1

Malta PPE

3

Greece PPE

4

Cyprus PPE

1
icon: S&D S&D
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Germany S&D

26

Italy S&D

29

Poland S&D

5

Spain S&D

13

Romania S&D

13

France S&D

13

United Kingdom S&D

19

Hungary S&D

4

Austria S&D

5

Bulgaria S&D

4

Belgium S&D

4

Portugal S&D

8

Czechia S&D

3

Netherlands S&D

3

Finland S&D

2

Denmark S&D

3

Slovakia S&D

4

Lithuania S&D

2

Sweden S&D

5

Croatia S&D

2

Latvia S&D

1

Slovenia S&D

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Tanja FAJON
1

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

Mady DELVAUX
1

Ireland S&D

For (1)

Nessa CHILDERS
1

Estonia S&D

For (1)

Marju LAURISTIN
1

Malta S&D

3

Greece S&D

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Cyprus S&D

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Costas MAVRIDES
1
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Germany ALDE

4

Spain ALDE

8

Romania ALDE

3

France ALDE

7

United Kingdom ALDE

1

Austria ALDE

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Angelika MLINAR
1

Bulgaria ALDE

4

Belgium ALDE

5

Portugal ALDE

2

Czechia ALDE

4

Netherlands ALDE

7

Finland ALDE

4

Denmark ALDE

3

Lithuania ALDE

4

Sweden ALDE

2

Croatia ALDE

2

Latvia ALDE

1

Slovenia ALDE

For (1)

Ivo VAJGL
1

Luxembourg ALDE

For (1)

Charles GOERENS
1

Ireland ALDE

For (1)

Marian HARKIN
1

Estonia ALDE

3
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Germany ECR

5

Italy ECR

2

Poland ECR

17

Romania ECR

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Monica MACOVEI
1

United Kingdom ECR

17

Bulgaria ECR

2

Belgium ECR

3

Czechia ECR

2

Netherlands ECR

2

Finland ECR

2

Denmark ECR

4

Slovakia ECR

2

Lithuania ECR

1

Croatia ECR

For (1)

Ruža TOMAŠIĆ
1

Latvia ECR

For (1)

Roberts ZĪLE
1

Greece ECR

Abstain (1)

Notis MARIAS
1

Cyprus ECR

1
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Bronis ROPĖ
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Davor ŠKRLEC
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Igor ŠOLTES
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Claude TURMES
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Indrek TARAND
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Italy NI

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Renato SORU
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Janusz KORWIN-MIKKE
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3

United Kingdom NI

For (1)

Diane DODDS
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3

Greece NI

5
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Germany EFDD

Abstain (1)

Beatrix von STORCH
1

Italy EFDD

17

Poland EFDD

1

France EFDD

Against (1)

Joëlle BERGERON
1

United Kingdom EFDD

20

Czechia EFDD

Against (1)

Petr MACH
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Lithuania EFDD

For (1)

Rolandas PAKSAS
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Sweden EFDD

Against (1)

Kristina WINBERG
1
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Italy ENF

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Stanisław ŻÓŁTEK
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Romania ENF

1

France ENF

19

United Kingdom ENF

Against (1)

Janice ATKINSON
1

Austria ENF

4

Belgium ENF

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Gerolf ANNEMANS
1

Netherlands ENF

3
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Germany GUE/NGL

8

Italy GUE/NGL

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Spain GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ
11

France GUE/NGL

Against (1)

Jean-Luc MÉLENCHON
4

United Kingdom GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Martina ANDERSON
1

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4

Czechia GUE/NGL

3

Netherlands GUE/NGL

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Anja HAZEKAMP
3

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Abstain (1)

Merja KYLLÖNEN
1

Denmark GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Rina Ronja KARI
1

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Malin BJÖRK
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    • date: 2016-07-06T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P8-TA-2016-0311 title: T8-0311/2016 summary: The European Parliament adopted by 597 to 73, with 38 abstentions, a resolution on synergies for innovation: the European Structural and Investment Funds, Horizon 2020 and other European innovation funds and EU programmes. The text adopted in plenary was adopted by the EPP, S&D, ECR, ALDE, Greens/EFA and EFDD groups. Parliament restated that links between cohesion policy and other EU policies, funding programmes and initiatives (e.g. Horizon 2020 , the Connecting Europe Facility , the digital single market , rural development, the energy union , the innovation union and the Europe 2020 flagship initiatives) have been strengthened within the Common Strategic Framework introduced by the Common Provisions Regulation establishing common provisions for all five of these funds – the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds). The rationale of strengthening synergies between Horizon 2020 and ESI Funds lies in building meaningful interactions between investment strategies and interventions as a way to have significant impacts on the economy, combining innovation investments in smart specialisation priorities with world-class research and innovation initiatives, thus ensuring a higher impact of the funds. Members considered that the smart specialisation methodology should remain a model for cohesion policy post-2020. While insisting on the need to strengthen result-orientation in cohesion policy, Parliament underlined the urgent need to increase synergies with other EU policies on competitiveness, in particular in the field of research and development, ICT, renewable energies and SMEs, with a view to increasing the exploitation rate of EU R&D results, creating new high-quality jobs and maintaining existing ones and promoting the green economy. Members noted that synergies with other policies and instruments must be further enhanced in order to maximise the impact of investments . In this context, they noted the Stairway to Excellence (S2E) EU budget pilot project, which continues to support regions of 13 Member States in developing and exploiting the synergies between the ESI Funds. They called on the Commission and the Member States to: pay constant attention to the needs of SMEs in the design and implementation of the ESI Funds and Horizon 2020, as well as to synergies between these; prepare coordinated calls for proposals in order to ease access to multi-fund financing. The resolution underlined that the European Structural and Investment Funds (EFSI) must be complementary and additional to the ESI Funds and other EU programmes such as Horizon 2020 and to the regular activities of the European Investment Bank. Parliament also highlighted the preparations by the Commission for the possible establishment of a European Innovation Council (EIC) for better coordination of innovation initiatives in the European Union. The main objective of an EIC should be to help reduce barriers to commercialisation in Europe and close the innovation divide. Furthermore, an EIC should involve all relevant stakeholders and have transparent, swift consultations and decision-making processes, avoiding overlap. Lastly, the Commission is called upon to monitor synergies between the funds systematically and to issue a communication on this issue.
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