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European Parliament2019-2024

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

2020/2076(INI)

30.6.2020

AMENDMENTS1 - 325Draft reportCarlo Calenda(PE650.700v01-00)

A New Industrial Strategy for Europe(2020/2076(INI))

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Amendment 1Josianne Cutajar, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Adriana Maldonado López, Carlos Zorrinho, Romana Jerković, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Alicia Homs Ginel, Nicolás González Casares

Motion for a resolutionCitation 3 a (new)

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- having regard to Article 3(3) TEU which refers to internal market, sustainable development and social market economy,

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- having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights,

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- having regard to the Commission communication of 27 May 2020 entitled ‘Europe’s moment: Repair and Prepare

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for the Next Generation’ (COM(2020)456),

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- having regard to the findings of the Digital Economy and Society Index 2020, published on the 11th of June 2020,

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- having regard to the Commission communication of 27 May 2020 entitled ‘Adjusted Commission Work Programme 2020’ (COM(2020)440),

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Amendment 6Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Pascal Arimont, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Angelika Niebler, Sven Schulze, Hildegard Bentele, Sara Skyttedal, Henna Virkkunen, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça

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Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Seán Kelly



- having regard to the Commission communications of 11 March 2020 entitled “A new Circular Economy Action Plan For a cleaner and more competitive Europe” (COM(2020)98) and of 2 December 2015 entitled “Closing the loop - An EU action plan for the Circular Economy” (COM(2015/0614),

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Amendment 7Michael Blosson behalf of the Greens/EFA Group



- having regard to the conclusions on “More circularity - Transition to a sustainable society” as adopted by the Council at its 3716th meeting held on 4 October 2019 (12791/19),

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- having regard to the Commission proposal for a Circular Economy Action plan COM (2020) 98 final,

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Amendment 9Paolo Borchia, Isabella Tovaglieri, Joëlle Mélin, Thierry Mariani, Jérôme Rivière, Andrea Caroppo

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- having regard to the Commission proposal for a regulation of 4 March 2020 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 (European Climate Law) (COM(2020)0080),

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Amendment 10Eva Kaili



- having regard to the Commission’s communication on a European strategy for data (COM(2020) 66),

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- having regard to the report on the safety and liability implications of Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things and robotics (COM(2020)64),

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- having regard to the Commission’s White Paper on Artificial Intelligence: A European Approach to Excellence and Trust (COM(2020)65),

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- having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal (2019/2956(RSP))3 ,

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Amendment 14Margarita de la Pisa Carrión



- having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal (2019/2956(RSP))3 ,

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- having regard to the Commission communication of 11 December 2019 on the European Green Deal (COM(2019)0640),

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Amendment 16Christophe Grudler, Susana Solís Pérez, Dragoș Pîslaru, Dominique Riquet, Ivars Ijabs, Mauri Pekkarinen, Valérie Hayer, Fabienne Keller, Bernard Guetta, Stéphane Bijoux, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Sylvie Brunet, Nicola Danti, Katalin Cseh, Martina Dlabajová, Bart Groothuis, Andrus Ansip



- having regard to the European Council conclusions of 22 March 2019

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(EUCO 1/19),

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Amendment 17Pietro Fiocchi



- having regard to the Commission Communication of 2 June 2020 on the Roadmap of the Pharmaceutical Strategy – timely patient access to affordable medicines,

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- having regard to the conclusions of the European Council (22 May 2013),

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Amendment 19Grzegorz Tobiszowskion behalf of the ECR GroupZdzisław Krasnodębski, Evžen Tošenovský, Beata Szydło, Elżbieta Kruk, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Pietro Fiocchi, Izabela-Helena Kloc


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- having regard to the “EU Energy Intensive Industries’ Masterplan 2050. Report from the High Level Group on Energy-intensive Industries, 2019”,

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Amendment 20Ignazio Corrao, Eleonora Evi



- having regard to the conclusions on “More circularity - Transition to a sustainable society” as adopted by the Council at its 3716th meeting held on 4 October 2019 (12791/19),

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Amendment 21Jens Geier, Victor Negrescu, Petra Kammerevert, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Łukasz Kohut, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Massimiliano Smeriglio



- having regard to the Council conclusions of 15 November 2018 on the Work Plan for Culture 2019-2022 (2018/C 460/10),

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Amendment 22Jens Geier, Petra Kammerevert, Victor Negrescu, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques,

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Łukasz Kohut, Nicolás González Casares, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Massimiliano Smeriglio



- having regard to the Commission communication of 22 May 2018on ‘Building a Stronger Europe: the role of youth, education and culture policies’ (COM(2018) 268),

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Amendment 23Jens Geier, Petra Kammerevert, Victor Negrescu, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Łukasz Kohut, Nicolás González Casares, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Massimiliano Smeriglio

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- having regard to the Commission communication of 22 May 2018 on ‘A New European Agenda for Culture’ (COM(2018) 267),

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Amendment 24Jens Geier, Petra Kammerevert, Victor Negrescu, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Łukasz Kohut, Massimiliano Smeriglio

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- having regard to the Commission communication of 14 November 2017 on ‘Strengthening European Identity through Education and Culture’(COM(2017) 673),

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Amendment 25Jens Geier, Petra Kammerevert, Victor Negrescu, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Łukasz Kohut, Massimiliano Smeriglio

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- having regard to its resolution of 13 December 2016 on a coherent EU policy for cultural and creative industries (2016/2072(INI)),

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Amendment 26Jens Geier, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Łukasz Kohut, Nicolás González Casares, Lina Gálvez Muñoz

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- having regard to the “Masterplan for a Competitive Transformation of EU Energy-intensive Industries Enabling a Climate-neutral Circular Economy by 2050” Report from the High-Level Group on Energy-Intensive Industries,

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Motion for a resolutionRecital A

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A. whereas the Union requires a new industrial strategy that makes its industries more globally competitive, resilient and environmentally sustainable; whereas such a strategy should cover the transition of European industries to digitalisation and climate-neutrality, prioritising the ‘energy efficiency first’ principles, energy savings and renewable energy technologies;

A. whereas the Union requires a new industrial strategy that renders its industries more globally competitive, resilient and in line with the 1.5 degree temperature goal of the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal; whereas such strategy needs to ensure the transition to a modern, digitalised, fully renewables based, highly energy- and resource-efficient, net-zero GHG emission European industrial base by 2040 at the latest; whereas focus needs to be put on the energy efficiency first principles, energy and resource savings, renewable energy technologies, circularity and a non-toxic environment, while maintaining and developing international competitiveness and avoiding the delocalisation of European industries; whereas industrial competitiveness and climate policy are mutually reinforcing and innovative and climate-neutral reindustrialisation will create local jobs and ensure the competitiveness of the European economy;

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Amendment 28Christophe Grudler, Susana Solís Pérez, Dragoș Pîslaru, Dominique Riquet, Ivars Ijabs, Mauri Pekkarinen, Valérie Hayer, Fabienne Keller, Bernard Guetta, Stéphane Bijoux, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Sylvie Brunet, Nicola Danti, Katalin Cseh, Martina Dlabajová, Fredrick Federley, Bart Groothuis, Andrus Ansip



A. whereas the Union requires a new industrial strategy that makes its industries more globally competitive, resilient and environmentally sustainable; whereas such a strategy should cover the transition of European industries to digitalisation and

A. whereas the Union requires a new industrial strategy that makes its industries more globally competitive, innovative, inclusive, resilient, digitalised and environmentally sustainable; whereas such a strategy should cover the transition of

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climate-neutrality, prioritising the ‘energy efficiency first’ principles, energy savings and renewable energy technologies;

European industries to digitalisation and climate-neutrality, strengthen European leadership and competitiveness and decrease dependency from other parts of the world in strategic value chains, while preserving an open market, prioritising the ‘energy efficiency first’ principles, energy savings and decarbonised and renewable energy technologies;

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A. whereas the EU industrial sector has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic and needs immediate and substantial support for its recovery; whereas the Union and Member States require a new industrial strategy that make their industries more globally competitive, resilient and environmentally sustainable where there is the potential to achieve this goal without compromising their economic sustainability and competitiveness; whereas such a strategy should cover a rational and pragmatic transition of European industries to digitalisation and climate-neutrality, prioritising the ‘energy efficiency first’ principles, energy savings, renewable energy technologies and continued investment in existing low-carbon technologies;

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Amendment 30

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Jens Geier, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Łukasz Kohut, Nicolás González Casares, Robert Hajšel




A. whereas the Union requires a new industrial strategy that makes its industries more globally competitive, resilient and environmentally sustainable; while maintaining high levels of employment and high-quality jobs whereas such a strategy should cover the twin transition of European industries to digitalisation and climate-neutrality, prioritising the transition to low-carbon production processes and the implementation of low-emission technologies, the necessary regulatory framework to enable the twin transition, providing the necessary infrastructure, the ‘energy efficiency first’ principles, energy savings and renewable energy technologies;

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Amendment 31Marc Botenga, Cornelia Ernst, Marisa Matias, Giorgos Georgiou, Sandra Pereiraon behalf of the GUE/NGL Group




A. whereas the Union requires a new industrial strategy that makes its industries more, resilient, socially effective and environmentally sustainable; whereas such a strategy should cover the transition of European industries to digitalisation and climate-neutrality, prioritising the safeguarding of quality jobs, equal development, the ‘energy efficiency first’ principles, energy savings and renewable

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energy technologies; whereas such a strategy is crucial to ensure the respect of our climate objectives, notably the Paris agreement;

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Amendment 32Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler, Pascal Arimont, Sven Schulze, Hildegard Bentele, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Sara Skyttedal, Henna Virkkunen, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek




A. whereas the Union requires a new industrial strategy that makes its industries more globally long-term competitive, diversified, resilient, digitalised and environmentally sustainable; whereas such a strategy should cover the transition of European industries to digitalisation and climate-neutrality, which are intrinsically linked and decrease dependency on certain third countries in strategic value chains, prioritising the ‘energy efficiency first’ principles, energy savings and low-carbon energy technologies;

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Amendment 33Dominique Riquet, Christophe Grudler



A. whereas the Union requires a new A. whereas the Union requires a new

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industrial strategy that makes its industries more globally competitive, resilient and environmentally sustainable; whereas such a strategy should cover the transition of European industries to digitalisation and climate-neutrality, prioritising the ‘energy efficiency first’ principles, energy savings and renewable energy technologies;

industrial strategy that makes its industries more globally competitive, resilient and environmentally sustainable and boosts its autonomy with regard to international supply chains for the most strategically important goods; whereas such a strategy should cover the transition of European industries to digitalisation and climate-neutrality, prioritising the ‘energy efficiency first’ principles, energy savings and renewable energy technologies;

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A. whereas the Union requires a new industrial strategy that makes its industries more globally competitive, a global reference point of industrial and technological excellence, leading standards setter, resilient and environmentally sustainable; whereas such a strategy should cover the transition of European industries to digitalisation and climate-neutrality, prioritising the ‘energy efficiency first’ principles, energy savings and renewable energy technologies;

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Amendment 35Aldo Patriciello



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A. whereas the Union requires a new industrial strategy that renders its industries more globally competitive, resilient and environmentally sustainable; whereas such a strategy should cover the transition of European industries to digitalization and climate-neutrality prioritizing the energy efficiency first principles, energy savings and renewable energy technologies, and support a robust European value chain in innovative renewable and clean technologies;

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Amendment 36Nicolás González Casares, Adriana Maldonado López, Łukasz Kohut, Carlos Zorrinho, Tsvetelina Penkova, Alicia Homs Ginel, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques




A. whereas the Union requires a new industrial strategy that makes its industries more globally competitive, resilient and environmentally sustainable; whereas such a strategy should cover the transition of European industries to digitalisation and climate-neutrality, prioritising the ‘energy efficiency first’ principles, energy savings and renewable energy technologies, including support to strengthen the European value chain in clean technologies;

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A. whereas the Union requires a forward-looking industrial strategy reflecting the European Green Deal objectives making its industries more globally competitive, resilient and environmentally sustainable; whereas such a strategy should cover the transition of European industries towards a highly energy and resource efficient, fully renewable-based, net-zero GHG and toxic-free industrial base by 2040, as well as towards a sustainable digitalisation;

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Amendment 38Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Alicia Homs Ginel, Josianne Cutajar, Adriana Maldonado López, Łukasz Kohut, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Tsvetelina Penkova, Nicolás González Casares, Romana Jerković




A. whereas the Union requires a new industrial strategy that makes its industries more globally competitive, resilient, digital and environmentally sustainable driven by knowledge-based innovation and equality principles; whereas such a strategy should cover the transition of European industries to digitalisation and climate-neutrality, prioritising the ‘energy efficiency first’ principles, energy savings and renewable energy technologies;

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Amendment 39Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

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A. whereas the Union requires a new industrial strategy that makes its industries more globally competitive, resilient and environmentally sustainable; whereas such a strategy should cover the transition of European industries to digitalisation and climate-neutrality, strengthen European leadership in the twin transition prioritising the ‘energy efficiency first’ principles, energy savings and renewable energy and digital technologies;

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A. whereas the Union requires a new industrial strategy that makes its industries more globally competitive, resilient and environmentally sustainable; whereas such a strategy should cover the transition of European industries to digitalisation and climate-neutrality, prioritising the reactivation of production and employment, the ‘energy efficiency first’ principles, and deployment of renewable energy and low-carbon technologies;

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Amendment 41

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Christian Ehler




A. whereas the Union requires a new industrial strategy that makes its industries more globally competitive, resilient and environmentally sustainable; whereas such a strategy should cover the transition of European industries to digitalisation and climate-neutrality, which are intrinsically linked, as well as prioritising the ‘energy efficiency first’ principles, energy savings and renewable energy technologies;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital A a (new)


Aa. whereas non-EU competitors often take advantage of less stringent climate and environmental regulations, thus hindering further EU competitiveness and being primarily responsible for the global carbon emissions increase;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital A a (new)

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Aa. whereas the social market economy model has importantly contributed to the prosperity of Europe; whereas such an approach should be preserved in the policies dealing with the digital and environmental transition;

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Amendment 44Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler, Pascal Arimont, Antonio Tajani, Massimiliano Salini, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Sara Skyttedal, Henna Virkkunen, Edina Tóth, Markus Pieper, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Seán Kelly, Pernille Weiss

Motion for a resolutionRecital B


B. whereas the Union’s industrial strategy should ensure the correct functioning of the single market, create a level playing field inside and outside EU and ensure easier access to finance, raw materials and markets, in addition to ensuring appropriate levels of investment, research and innovation, education and skills to boost competitiveness and sustainability;

B. whereas the Union’s industrial strategy should entail the fully functioning of the single market, a boost in research and innovation to increase leadership in key enabling technologies and ensure global competitiveness, the development and boost of the EU’s internal demand, the construction of smart, sustainable and fully interconnected transport, energy, digital and water infrastructure networks and projects, the creation of a level playing field inside and outside the EU and easier access to finance, digital infrastructure, raw materials and markets, in addition to ensuring appropriate levels of investment, education and skills to boost competitiveness and sustainability;

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Amendment 45Salvatore De Meo




B. whereas the Union’s industrial strategy should entail the fully functioning of the single market, a boost in research and innovation to increase leadership in key enabling technologies and ensure global competitiveness, the development and boost of the EU’s internal demand, the construction of smart, sustainable and fully interconnected transport, energy, digital and water infrastructure networks and projects, the creation of a level playing field inside and outside the EU and easier access to finance, digital infrastructure, raw materials and markets, in addition to ensuring appropriate levels of investment, education and skills to boost competitiveness and sustainability;

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Amendment 46Jens Geier, Petra Kammerevert, Victor Negrescu, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Łukasz Kohut, Nicolás González Casares, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Massimiliano Smeriglio, Robert Hajšel, Dan Nica



B. whereas the Union’s industrial strategy should ensure the correct functioning of the single market, create a level playing field inside and outside EU and ensure easier access to finance, raw materials and markets, in addition to ensuring appropriate levels of investment, research and innovation, education and skills to boost competitiveness and

B. whereas the Union’s industrial strategy should ensure the correct functioning of the single market, create a level playing field inside and outside EU and ensure easier access to finance, sustainable raw materials, renewable energy and markets, in addition to ensuring value chains for low-emission and digital products and technologies in the EU

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sustainability; ,appropriate levels of investment, research and innovation, fast and cost-effective deployment of breakthrough technologies, education and skills to boost competitiveness, employment and sustainability; whereas meaningful and relevant changes in education are urgently needed to achieve more inclusive and sustainable development for all, to manage the increasing skills and workforce shortages and to prepare the next generation for the jobs of the future;

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B. whereas the Union’s Industrial Strategy should ensure the correct functioning of the single market, and the dematerialisation of our economy making the EU less dependent on primary materials, create a level playing field inside and outside EU and ensure easier access to finance, sustainably sourced raw materials, more local and sustainable supply chains and markets as well as ensuring appropriate levels of investments, research and innovation, education and skills to boost competitiveness and prosperity for all within planetary boundaries;

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B. whereas the Union’s industrial strategy should ensure appropriate levels of especially public investment, quality jobs, research and innovation, education and skills to boost development and sustainability;

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B. whereas the Union’s industrial strategy should ensure the correct functioning of the single market, the achievement of the Union’s energy and climate goals, create a level playing field inside and outside EU and ensure easier access to finance, sustainably sourced raw materials and markets, in addition to ensuring appropriate levels of investment, research and innovation, education and skills to boost competitiveness, sustainability and economic prosperity;

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B. whereas the Union’s industrial strategy should ensure the correct functioning of the single market, create a level playing field inside and outside EU, including by making reciprocal market access a principle, and ensure easier access to finance, raw materials and markets, in addition to ensuring appropriate levels of investment, research and innovation, education and skills to boost competitiveness and sustainability;

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B. whereas the Union’s industrial strategy should ensure the smooth functioning of the European economies, give a new boost to national economies, create a level playing field inside and outside EU and ensure easier access to finance, raw materials and markets, in addition to ensuring appropriate levels of investment, research and innovation, social rights and welfare, education and skills to boost competitiveness and sustainability;

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Amendment 52Grzegorz Tobiszowskion behalf of the ECR Group

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Zdzisław Krasnodębski, Evžen Tošenovský, Beata Szydło, Elżbieta Kruk, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Pietro Fiocchi, Izabela-Helena Kloc, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión




B. whereas the Union’s industrial strategy should ensure the correct functioning of the single market, create a level playing field inside and outside EU and ensure easier access to finance, technologies, affordable and secure energy supply, raw materials and markets, in addition to ensuring appropriate levels of investment, research and innovation, education and skills to boost competitiveness, employment, and sustainability;

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Amendment 53Christophe Grudler, Dominique Riquet, Ivars Ijabs, Mauri Pekkarinen, Valérie Hayer, Dragoș Pîslaru, Fabienne Keller, Bernard Guetta, Stéphane Bijoux, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Sylvie Brunet, Nicola Danti, Katalin Cseh, Pierre Karleskind, Fredrick Federley, Andrus Ansip




B. whereas the Union’s industrial strategy should ensure the full functioning of the single market, create a level playing field inside and outside EU in particular by making reciprocal access to markets a principle and ensure easier access to finance, raw materials and markets, in addition to ensuring appropriate levels of investment, research and innovation, education and skills to boost competitiveness and sustainability;

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Amendment 54Nicolás González Casares, Adriana Maldonado López, Łukasz Kohut, Carlos Zorrinho, Tsvetelina Penkova, Alicia Homs Ginel, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Josianne Cutajar, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques




B. whereas the Union’s industrial strategy should ensure the correct functioning of the single market, avoid market distortions, create a level playing field inside and outside EU and ensure easier access to finance, raw materials and markets, in addition to ensuring appropriate levels of investment, research and innovation, education and skills to boost competitiveness and sustainability;

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Amendment 55Fredrick Federley, Mauri Pekkarinen, Nils Torvalds, Susana Solís Pérez, Martina Dlabajová, Bart Groothuis, Morten Petersen, Nicola Beer

Motion for a resolutionRecital B a (new)


Ba. whereas the strategic autonomy and resiliency of the Union require technological leadership and a competitive industrial base; whereas investments in research, development and innovation are needed to industrial competitiveness, European companies will remain to depend on the well-functioning of the Single Market and market access abroad as a driver for competitiveness; whereas manufacturing and service companies in Europe are highly integrated into global value chains,

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companies are likely, post COVID-19, to strengthen and diversify the supply chains in order to reduce over-reliance on one market;

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Amendment 56Christophe Grudler, Dominique Riquet, Ivars Ijabs, Mauri Pekkarinen, Valérie Hayer, Fabienne Keller, Bernard Guetta, Stéphane Bijoux, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Sylvie Brunet, Nicola Danti, Katalin Cseh, Andrus Ansip



Ba. whereas the Union’s sovereignty and strategic autonomy require an autonomous and competitive industrial base and a massive effort in research and innovation; whereas the industrial strategy should contain an action plan to strengthen shorten and diversify the supply chains of European industry in order reduce over-reliance on few markets and increase their resilience as well as a strategy on smart reshoring to increase the production and investments in strategic sectors, redeploy industries in Europe and relocate industrial production in some strategic sectors for the EU;

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Amendment 57Josianne Cutajar, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Adriana Maldonado López, Robert Hajšel, Carlos Zorrinho, Romana Jerković, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Alicia Homs Ginel, Nicolás González Casares



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Ba. whereas in the European Union there are still “missing entrepreneurs”, such as youth, migrants, senior, women, whose entrepreneurial potential still needs to be fully developed; whereas the Union’s industrial strategy could represent an opportunity to foster the entrepreneurial culture of under-represented or disadvantaged categories and to enable them to fully contribute to the digital and environmental transition;

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Ba. whereas the new industrial capacity of the Union should reflect and go beyond the production models of the new industrial revolution which is distinct to the previous era by its reliance on increased connectivity, enhanced digital layers, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Artificial Intelligence, blockchain, hyper-performance computing and quantum computing;

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Ba. whereas according to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs report, 65% of children entering primary school today will ultimately end up working in completely new types of jobs that do not yet exist today; whereas education systems have to put in a position to impart the universal knowledge and skills required for this new form of careers;

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Ba. whereas any fair and sustainable production model should place workers, their representatives and trade unions, as well as workers interests and long standing expertise at the very core of its development to ensure a democratic functioning;

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Ba. whereas EU industry and enterprises should actively participate in planning and developing educational and training programs in order to ease the transition to the labour market;

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Amendment 62Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Sara Skyttedal, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Tomas Tobé, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Seán Kelly, Pernille Weiss



Ba. whereas the EU should continue to pursue ambitious trade agreements both multilaterally and bilaterally;

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Amendment 63Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Sara Skyttedal, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Seán Kelly, Pernille Weiss

Motion for a resolutionRecital B b (new)


Bb. whereas before the COVID 19 crisis, the European industry was already at a crossroad, while remaining the pillar of the European economy and providing employment for approximately 32 million people, its contribution to European GDP has fallen in 20 years from 23% to 19% and is currently facing intense international competition and is often affected by increasingly protectionist trade measures from third countries;

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Bb. whereas different sectors have achieved different levels of adoption of innovative production capacity and operational skills, creating thus in Europe an uneven development of technological capabilities and human capital, especially in legacy sectors and industries;

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Bb. whereas SMEs represents over 99% of all European firms but only 17% have successfully integrated digital technologies into their business; whereas 70% of the firms report access to talent as an obstacle to invest across EU;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B c (new)


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Bc. whereas the new industrial era requires a different type of industrial organizations and firms (characterized by exponential characteristics) than the ones EU economies traditionally encountered (linear characteristics); whereas the digitalization of the economy reproduce diverse types of economies of scope and scale, generating thus diverse industrial dynamics of horizontal and vertical market integration, which changes the perspective of efficient size of the firms and the characteristics of intra-market competition and collaboration;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B c (new)


Bc. whereas SMEs are the backbone of the European economy and should be at the core of the EU industry and play a key role in implementing and delivering the EU industry policy;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B d (new)


Bd. whereas the transition to new models of industrial production cannot be solely the outcome of a comprehensive EU strategy, but it also requires from the

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private firms substantial increase in the internal organizational demand for such a transition, as organizational change is highly cultural and based on internal desire for change;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B e (new)


Be. whereas the transition to a new industrial era requires also a change in the mentality of value creation (business models), value delivery (operational models), and value capture (monetization models), and this changes are much more difficult to be realized in legacy industrial sectors operating with legacy business models, reducing thus their profitability, competitiveness and job places;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B f (new)


Bf. whereas the industrial organizations who advanced their transition to digitally enhanced industrial capabilities, have improved their efficiency in terms of revenue per employee and fixed asset turnover by 9% whereas idle and not innovative firms experienced reduction to their revenue

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efficiency by 4%; whereas the firms that attempted successfully the transition to the operational capabilities of the new industrial era increased their profitability in terms of EBIT and net profit margin by 26% contrary to idle firms that experienced a sharp reduction to profitability by 24%; whereas these numbers indicate that the greatest challenge of the EU is to address these discrepancies designing a policy that focuses on the acceleration of the demand side for technological innovation, to improve technology transfer mechanisms and facilitate the intra-organizational transitions within the firms;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C


C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic and its fallout have created an unprecedented economic downturn in Europe; whereas in this context any future-looking industrial strategy should start by addressing industrial recovery;

C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic and its fallout have created an unprecedented economic downturn in Europe; whereas in this context a rapid and just recovery will not be achieved through business-as-usual and any future-looking industrial strategy should start by addressing industrial recovery in the spirit of transformation and in consistency with the EU’s long-term climate and environment objectives;

whereas this transformation constitutes an opportunity for Europe to modernise its industrial foundations, maintain and re-shore jobs and key industrial production and build up skills and capacities essential for the global effort to deliver on the Sustainable Development

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Goals;

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Amendment 72Christophe Grudler, Dominique Riquet, Ivars Ijabs, Mauri Pekkarinen, Valérie Hayer, Susana Solís Pérez, Dragoș Pîslaru, Fabienne Keller, Bernard Guetta, Stéphane Bijoux, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Sylvie Brunet, Nicola Danti, Pierre Karleskind, Martina Dlabajová, Andrus Ansip




C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic and its fallout have created an unprecedented economic downturn in Europe; whereas, all sectors of the economy have been impacted ,in particular SMEs across sectors, and some have come to a complete standstill; this is particularly the case for the tourism and catering industry, the creative and cultural industry, but also for more traditional industries (automotive, building, space, aeronautics, aluminium, steel, textiles, etc.); whereas in this context any future-looking industrial strategy should start by addressing industrial recovery while taking into account industrial long-term objectives;

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C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic

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and its fallout have created an unprecedented economic downturn in Europe; whereas in this context any future-looking industrial strategy should start by addressing industrial recovery;

and its fallout have created an unprecedented economic downturn in Europe; whereas the global health crisis has shown the need to strengthen the self-reliance of States and the European Union in essential and strategic sectors; whereas in this context any future-looking industrial strategy should start by addressing industrial recovery and by supporting enterprises on a sustainable basis to ensure jobs and the transition to a more resilient European economy;

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Amendment 74Jens Geier, Petra Kammerevert, Victor Negrescu, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Łukasz Kohut, Nicolás González Casares, Massimiliano Smeriglio, Robert Hajšel, Carlo Calenda




C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic and its fallout have created an unprecedented economic downturn in Europe; whereas in this context any future-looking industrial strategy should start by addressing industrial recovery, especially with regards to those sectors hit hardest by the Covid-19-lock-down measures; whereas this recovery should be completely in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement and the European Climate Law;

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Amendment 75Robert Hajšel, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Mohammed Chahim, Josianne Cutajar

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Recital C



C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic and its fallout have created an unprecedented economic downturn in Europe; whereas in this context any future-looking industrial strategy should start by addressing industrial recovery that supports industrial reconstruction and transformation towards climate-neutrality objectives and resource efficiency with skilled workforces accompanying these transformations;

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Amendment 76Josianne Cutajar, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Adriana Maldonado López, Robert Hajšel, Carlos Zorrinho, Romana Jerković, Nicolás González Casares




C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic and its fallout have created an unprecedented economic downturn in Europe, which risks to exacerbate inequalities and social tension in the European Union, especially among the most vulnerable citizens; whereas in this context any future-looking industrial strategy should start by addressing industrial recovery;

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C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic and its fallout have created an unprecedented economic downturn in Europe; whereas in this context any future-looking industrial strategy should start by addressing industrial recovery and long-term global competitiveness especially in growth sectors, including in labour intensive industries;

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C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic and its fallout have created an unprecedented economic downturn in Europe; whereas in this context any future-looking industrial strategy should start by addressing industrial recovery laying the foundation for reconstruction and transformation of the industrial base in line with the European Green Deal objectives;

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Amendment 79Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Antonio Tajani, Massimiliano Salini, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Seán Kelly, Pernille Weiss


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C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic and its fallout have created an unprecedented economic downturn in Europe; whereas in this context any future-looking industrial strategy should start by addressing industrial recovery and long-term global competitiveness especially in growth sectors, including in labour intensive industries;

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Amendment 80Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Alicia Homs Ginel, Adriana Maldonado López, Łukasz Kohut, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Tsvetelina Penkova, Nicolás González Casares, Romana Jerković




C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic and its fallout have created an unprecedented economic downturn in Europe; whereas in this context any future-looking industrial strategy should start by addressing industrial recovery, with a strong social and environmental approach;

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C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic

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and its fallout have created an unprecedented economic downturn in Europe; whereas in this context any future-looking industrial strategy should start by addressing industrial recovery;

and its fallout have created an unprecedented economic downturn in Europe; whereas in this context any future-looking industrial strategy needs to start by addressing industrial recovery;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C a (new)


Ca. whereas the first statistics we receive about the impact of COVID-19 is that the firms, irrespectively of their size, who had in place a digitalized layer could absorb more effectively the shocks coming from the disruption in the consumption as well as the operating failures in the supply chains; whereas the recent pandemic made apparent the distinction between digitization (firms having some digital capacity in place) from digitalization (firms having along with the digital capacity, also efficient procedures that merge technological capacity with human routines);

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Ca. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has

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shown the crucial role of digital assets, including connectivity and networks, as well as of digital skills, as a tool enabling workers and companies to adapt the way they carry out their tasks and operations to the emergency situation; whereas the resilience of the digital infrastructure and the enhancement of the digital skills of the workforce are priority areas to boost the competitiveness of the European enterprises, especially SMEs;

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Ca. whereas reindustrialisation and relocation within the Union and the Member States should be the priority of the new European industrial strategy; whereas the relocation policies should be based on essential and strategic sectors that will guarantee the sovereignty of Europe, the Member States and European citizens, in particular against financial, social, health and environmental crises;

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Ca. whereas the COVID-19 outbreak has illustrated the failure of the market economy in many aspects, notably the failure to produce sufficient first necessity products such as masks, respirators or other sanitary equipment necessary to respond to the crisis;

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Amendment 86Christophe Grudler, Dominique Riquet, Ivars Ijabs, Mauri Pekkarinen, Valérie Hayer, Susana Solís Pérez, Dragoș Pîslaru, Bernard Guetta, Fabienne Keller, Sylvie Brunet, Katalin Cseh, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Nicola Danti, Stéphane Bijoux, Bart Groothuis, Andrus Ansip



Ca. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic, that has led to a shortage of medical devices and medicinal products, has once again revealed that Europe is over-dependent on foreign imports of raw materials and particularly for strategic sectors;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C b (new)


Cb. whereas continuity between the Union’s short-term and long-term industrial strategy is of paramount importance, underscores that resilience, digitalization and sustainability should be considered holistically as they re-enforce

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each-other, instead of pursuing them in silos; also, stresses that in any future industrial policy for EU, exponential and emerging technologies like AI, data analytics, blockchain, hyper-performance computing, and quantum-computing are all delivering more value in their convergence and not in isolation;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C c (new)


Cc. whereas the new industrial era for Europe requires a more technologically advanced understanding of the idea of infrastructures and their interplay between analogue and digital space, especially in the setting of an Industrial Internet of Things; underscores that significant investments should be made in 5G/6G, data management architectures (from cloud computing to edge and fog computing), Industrial Internet of Things as well as in the capacity of the EU to interconnect machines with proprietary semi-conductors constructed in Europe;

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Amendment 89Jens Geier, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Łukasz Kohut, Nicolás González Casares, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Robert Hajšel

Motion for a resolutionRecital D


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D. whereas new debts contracted to survive the economic downturn are likely to leave companies with a more fragile financial structure, leading to sluggish growth in the long term;

D. whereas new debts contracted to survive the economic downturn are likely to leave companies with a more fragile financial structure, leading to sluggish growth and lack of investment capacities for the twin transition to a digitalised and climate-neutral economy in the short, medium and long term;

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D. whereas new debts contracted to survive the economic downturn are likely to leave companies with a more fragile financial structure and weaker human resources, leading to sluggish growth in the long term;

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Amendment 91Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Seán Kelly



D. whereas new debts contracted to survive the economic downturn are likely to leave companies with a more fragile financial structure, leading to sluggish

D. whereas new debts contracted to survive the economic downturn are likely to leave companies with a more fragile financial structure, leading to sluggish

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growth in the long term; growth in the medium term;

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D. whereas new debts contracted to survive the economic downturn will leave companies with a more fragile financial structure, leading to sluggish growth in the long term;

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Amendment 93Michael Blosson behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupIgnazio Corrao, Eleonora Evi

Motion for a resolutionRecital D a (new)


Da. whereas beyond the Covid crisis, climate change and environmental degradation remains one of the greatest challenges and require a comprehensive common approach; whereas EU industrial emissions are responsible for around 20 per cent of Europe’s total GHG emissions and over the past decade efforts to reduce these emissions have stagnated; whereas accumulating evidence suggests that the industrial sector is able to reduce its GHG emissions to net zero; whereas this requires a combination of measures aimed at energy, process, product and business model transformations across

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industrial ecosystems and supply chains; whereas the transformation to climate neutrality industry is comparable to a new industrial revolution and offers the possibility for Europe to become a leader in technological innovation and ensure future proof jobs as a basis for continued wellbeing in Europe, whereas it takes a generation to transform an industrial sector and all the value chains and thus all policy and investment decisions and actions now need to be taken inconformity with net-zero GHG emissions goal;

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Da. whereas a long-standing focus on competitiveness and market-based approaches has proven unable to solve divergence between Member States and regions, causing the loss of numerous jobs and reinforcing the de-industrialization of entire regions; whereas only strong public industrial strategy can guarantee a truly equal, sustainable and just industrial development, including high quality jobs, and ambitious social and environmental objectives;

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Amendment 95Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Pascal Arimont, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera,

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Sara Skyttedal, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Seán Kelly, Pernille Weiss



Da. whereas the industrial sector in Europe is very intertwined and there are strong interrelationships between companies of different sizes and Member States and consequently a European approach that ensures that the entire chain of productivity can benefit, from large production sites to SMEs, will be more successful in increasing Europe’s global competitiveness;

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Da. whereas the European Defence and Aerospace industry and its supply chain has already proven to be a strategic asset for the whole European Union and an added value for the European industrial integration, research & development, technology & innovation, growth, occupation and competition;

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Amendment 97Christophe Grudler, Dominique Riquet, Ivars Ijabs, Mauri Pekkarinen, Valérie Hayer, Dragoș Pîslaru, Bernard Guetta, Fabienne Keller, Sylvie Brunet, Katalin Cseh, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Nicola Danti, Stéphane Bijoux, Andrus Ansip

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Da. whereas the economic downturn demonstrated the crucial role played by social shields in the event of economic shocks and the importance of ensuring access to social protection for all, especially for young, atypical or vulnerable workers;

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Da. whereas a transition towards a carbon neutral industry will harm certain sectors and that there will be failures along the way, causing the close of business and increasing the unemployment;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital D b (new)


Db. whereas, the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent public support measures for private companies followed by massive

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lay-offs confirm the need for an industrial policy guaranteeing quality jobs, both during the recovery and reconstruction phases;

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Amendment 100Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler, Pascal Arimont, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Henna Virkkunen, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Tomas Tobé, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Pernille Weiss

Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1


1. Is of the opinion that digital and environmental transitions should be at the very core of all Unions strategies until 2050; in this context, calls on the Commission to define a comprehensive industrial strategy which manages these transitions, fosters transformation and guarantees the Union’s strategic autonomy;

1. Is of the opinion that the digital and environmental transition, a well-functioning single market, and open strategic autonomy should be at the very core of all Unions strategies and believes therefore that an overall coordination is needed between the different approaches, targets and goals to deliver a functioning framework for our businesses and industry; in this context, calls on the Commission to define a comprehensive industrial strategy which supports and manages both the green and digital transformation, fosters transformation, creates long-term growth and global competitiveness based on innovation and digitalisation of strategic value chains, strengthen the entrepreneurial spirit, encourage the creation of start-ups and companies and improves the Union’s strategic resilience and autonomy;

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Amendment 101Paolo Borchia, Isabella Tovaglieri, Joëlle Mélin, Thierry Mariani, Jérôme Rivière,

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1. Is of the opinion that digital transition should be at the core of all Unions strategies until 2050; in this context, calls on the Commission to define a comprehensive industrial strategy which would include economic support and accompanying measures for recovery and conversion of the different industrial sectors, in particular through SMEs, and guarantee the Union’s strategic autonomy; stresses that the EU should gradually strive for environmental sustainability without compromising competitiveness and socio-economic welfare and without discriminating against any form of technology that can contribute to make the transition process economically sustainable;

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Amendment 102Christophe Grudler, Dominique Riquet, Ivars Ijabs, Mauri Pekkarinen, Valérie Hayer, Dragoș Pîslaru, Bernard Guetta, Fabienne Keller, Sylvie Brunet, Katalin Cseh, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Nicola Danti, Stéphane Bijoux, Andrus Ansip




1. Is of the opinion that digital and environmental transitions and strategic leadership and autonomy should be at the very core of all Unions strategies until 2050; in this context, calls on the Commission to define a comprehensive industrial strategy which manages these transitions, fosters transformation, creates long-term growth and global

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competitiveness based on innovation and strategic value chains, strengthens the entrepreneurial spirit, encourages the creation and upscaling of start-ups and companies and improves the Union’s strategic resilience and autonomy;

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1. Is of the opinion that digital and environmental transitions should be at the very core of all Unions strategies until 2050; in this context, calls on the Commission to define a comprehensive industrial strategy which manages these transitions, provides a clear path to conduct it, including through mobilising appropriate financial resources to enable the necessary investments, and guarantees the Union’s strategic autonomy for the key value chains and their raw materials required in the energy transition;

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1. Is of the opinion that digital and 1. Is of the opinion that the transition

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environmental transitions should be at the very core of all Unions strategies until 2050; in this context, calls on the Commission to define a comprehensive industrial strategy which manages these transitions, fosters transformation and guarantees the Union’s strategic autonomy;

to a highly energy and resource efficient, fully renewable based, net-zero GHG and toxic-free economy by 2040 should be at the very core of all Unions strategies; in this context, calls on the Commission to define a comprehensive industrial strategy which manages these transition in line with the European Green Deals objectives, fosters transformation, guarantees regulatory and policy certainty and ultimately the Union’s strategic autonomy;

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1. Is of the opinion that digital and environmental transitions and technological leadership should be at the very core of all Unions strategies until 2050; in this context, calls on the Commission to define a comprehensive industrial strategy which manages these transitions, fosters transformation creates long-term growth and global competitiveness through free trade and open markets and improves the Union´s strategic autonomy and resiliency;

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Amendment 106Jens Geier, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Łukasz Kohut, Nicolás González Casares, Robert Hajšel, Carlo Calenda, Dan Nica


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1. Is of the opinion that digital and environmental transitions should be at the very core of all Unions strategies until 2050; in this context, calls on the Commission to define a comprehensive industrial strategy, including a strong regulatory framework, which manages these transitions leaving no-one behind, fosters transformation and guarantees the Union’s strategic autonomy; climate-neutrality and international competitiveness;

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1. Is of the opinion that the transition towards asocial, economic and environmental resilient society should be at the very core of all Unions strategies; in this context, calls on the Commission to define a comprehensive industrial strategy which manages these transitions, fosters transformation and delivers on the EGD, and ensures policy and regulatory certainty and the Union’s long-term prosperity and strategic autonomy;

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1. Is of the opinion that digital and environmental transitions should be at the very core of all Unions strategies until 2050; in this context, calls on the Commission to define a comprehensive industrial strategy which manages these transitions, fosters transformation and guarantees the Union’s strategic autonomy, particularly in value chains and the supply of raw materials;

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1. Is of the opinion that digital and environmental transitions should be at the very core of all Unions strategies until 2050; in this context, calls on the Commission to define a comprehensive industrial strategy which manages these transitions, fosters transformation and guarantees the Union’s strategic autonomy including the availability of key raw materials and agile data usage in all sectors;

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1. Is of the opinion that the Commission should define a comprehensive industrial strategy that fosters transformation, enhance the competitively of the EU industry and guarantees the Union’s strategic autonomy;

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Amendment 111Marek Paweł Balt




1. Is of the opinion that digital and environmental transitions should be at the very core of all Unions strategies until 2050; in this context, calls on the Commission to define a comprehensive industrial strategy which manages these transitions, fosters transformation and guarantees the Union’s strategic autonomy; for key raw materials and value chains;

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1. Is of the opinion that digital and environmental transitions should be at the very core of all Unions strategies until

1. Is of the opinion that digital and environmental transitions should be at the very core of all Unions strategies until

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2050; in this context, calls on the Commission to define a comprehensive industrial strategy which manages these transitions, fosters transformation and guarantees the Union’s strategic autonomy;

2050; in this context, calls on the Commission to define a comprehensive industrial strategy which manages these transitions, fosters transformation, guaranties quality jobs and equal development of EU territories within the union;

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Amendment 113Nicolás González Casares, Adriana Maldonado López, Carlos Zorrinho, Tsvetelina Penkova, Alicia Homs Ginel, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques




1. Is of the opinion that digital and environmental transitions should be at the very core of all Unions strategies until 2050; in this context, calls on the Commission to define a comprehensive industrial strategy which manages these transitions, fosters transformation and guarantees the Union’s strategic autonomy, including their value chains;

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1. Is of the opinion that digital and environmental transitions should be at the very core of all Unions strategies until 2050; in this context, calls on the

1. Is of the opinion that digital and environmental transitions should be at the very core of all Unions strategies until 2050; in this context, calls on the

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Commission to define a comprehensive industrial strategy which manages these transitions, fosters transformation and guarantees the Union’s strategic autonomy;

Commission to define a comprehensive industrial strategy which manages these transitions, fosters transformation and guarantees the Union’s strategic autonomy, leaving no one behind;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 a (new)


1a. Recommends the Commission to evaluate role as accelerator of the transition of the European production capacity and competitiveness to the new industrial era by introducing policy propositions that focus on both the supply side and the demand side of technology; Underlines that the EU institutions, and especially the EC should enhance its activities in supporting marketable innovation (supply side), however taking into account that it has to become more disciplined in terms of technology transfer channels from the lab to the market, specifying relevant key performance indicators when the EU budget is employed to support industrial innovation projects; Underscores that significant engagement in actions that boost the demand side for industrial innovation are also critical for the success of any EU industrial policy and strongly recommends the development of a policy that will incentivize the engagement of the industrial organizations and firms, especially the legacy sectors, into the functions of innovation ecosystems;

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Amendment 116Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler, Pascal Arimont, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Pernille Weiss



1a. Believes that the industry strategy needs to outline the toolbox of instruments that can be applied, tailor-made for each sector or ecosystem and coordinated with Member States and that streamlines European policies and instruments;

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Amendment 117Pernille Weiss, Ivan Štefanec, Tom Berendsen



1a. Is of the opinion that digital and environmental transitions should be at the very core of all Unions strategies until 2050; in this context, calls on the Commission to define a comprehensive industrial strategy which manages these transitions, fosters transformation and guarantees the Union’s strategic autonomy and recognition and encouragement of sector-specific ‘first movers’ who act as role models of innovation and agile business development;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 b (new)


1b. Recommends the Commission to structure a strategy that enhances the role of the European Digital Innovation Hubs and the existing innovation ecosystems in Europe in the value chain of the EU industries; Advises the need to create a strategy that explores the optimal position of the European industrial transformation in the continuum between in-house innovation and open innovation; Is of the opinion that indiscriminate adoption of open innovation schemes is not necessarily in line with the global competitive interests of the EU and suggests a scheme of open innovation but within European innovation ecosystems. In the same line, recommends the design of an innovation strategy for major corporations, mid-caps and SMEs, that will link the European firms with technology providers, and especially start-ups;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 c (new)


1c. Advises the Commission to boost both the quantity and the quality of innovation and technology in the European Industries that is generated and transmitted by the European start-ups, by defining start-ups distinctly from the

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SMEs; Stresses that a start-up, contrary to an SME, has different organizational structure, distinct financing needs and distinct risk exposures that qualify it as a different entity in the entrepreneurial ecosystem with different responsibilities and economic engagements in the technology transfer to the industrial productivity of the Union;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 d (new)


1d. Recommends the Commission to design a comprehensive strategy of infrastructure investments in the area of 5G/6G, cyber security and IIoT, that will enable the swift scaling and transition of the European industries to the new industrial era; Stresses the strategic importance of a European cloud as well as the need for agile data storage and management alternatives to cloud, such as edge, fog and mist computing capabilities; Suggests the further capacity development of a European semiconductors market, because, as it is possible to design the intended policy of data control, interoperability and security of interconnected machines into the silicon chip, then a European capacity in this industrial sector is strategic in terms of the global competitive position of the Union;

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Amendment 121

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Eva Kaili

Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 e (new)


1e. Recommends the Commission and the European Investment Bank who are implementers of investment instruments like the InvestEU and other similar programs, to accelerate the participation of the Member States by allowing them, when they are investing in windows like infrastructures, innovation and skills and start-ups development, the cost of their participation not to be considered as “macroeconomic liability” under the Stability and Growth Pact. This will accelerate the absorption of the funding and will improve the targeting to industrial projects that are highly additional;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 f (new)


1f. Believes that the Commission and the other EU institutions have a strong capacity in developing and using innovative and emerging technologies and test them before trickling them down to the European industries through use cases; This role of the EU institutions is instrumental in experimenting with the technology before putting it into use in the private and public value chains; The EU institutions in general, and the EC in particular, should continue playing the instrumental role they now play in

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funding innovation partners (such as universities and research institutions) and continue using innovative technologies; However it is necessary to do so through mechanisms that mitigate the financial, technological, operational and reputational risks that now are concentrated; The EC should structure KPIs, quality standards and risk sharing mechanisms in its procurement policy as well as to develop the legal and budgetary framework that will allow its connection with innovation ecosystems; The funding of useful to industry technologies with the EU budget should produce marketable solutions and patents when possible, and royalties of these patents should be payed to the EU when the commercialization of the product is profitable in order the EU to use these proceedings for further investments in Research and Development;

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Amendment 123Christophe Grudler, Dominique Riquet, Ivars Ijabs, Mauri Pekkarinen, Valérie Hayer, Susana Solís Pérez, Dragoș Pîslaru, Bernard Guetta, Fabienne Keller, Sylvie Brunet, Katalin Cseh, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Nicola Danti, Stéphane Bijoux, Andrus Ansip



2. Is aware that market dynamics alone do not bridge the fractures created during the transformation process if there is no proper management of the transitions and no strong industrial policies; is, furthermore, aware that while markets, competition and innovation push fast towards transformation, it is society and the environment that face the impact of these transformations; considers that balancing out the number of jobs lost in traditional industries with new jobs created

2. Calls for an inclusive industrial strategy that include all industrial ecosystems, SMEs, regions, communities and workers in its development and its implementation; is aware that market dynamics alone do not bridge the fractures created during the transformation process if there is no proper management of the transitions and no strong industrial policies; is, furthermore, aware that while markets, competition and innovation push fast towards transformation, it is society

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in the digital and environmental sectors is not enough in itself as these new jobs are neither created in the same regions nor taken up by the same workers; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that these transitions are fair and socially just, and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation process (digital, environmental, etc.) is accompanied by a corresponding initiative to up-skill and reskill workers, with the aim of managing the effects produced by that accelerated process on both regions and people;

and the environment that face the impact of these transformations; considers that balancing out the number of jobs lost in traditional industries with new jobs created in the digital and environmental sectors is not enough in itself as these new jobs are neither created in the same regions nor taken up by the same workers; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that European production of essential products such as emission-intensive materials is transformed into a cleaner alternative rather than replaced by imports of the same products and that these transitions are fair and socially just, go hand-in-hand with the full implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, improved social and living standards and good working conditions, and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation process (digital, environmental, etc.) is accompanied by a corresponding initiative to up-skill and reskill workers, with the aim of managing the effects produced by that accelerated process on both regions and the most vulnerable people; calls on the Commission and the Member States to anticipate and map the industry needs for skilled labour in order to deliver skills strategies that overcome labour demand and supply mismatch, to develop knowledge-based economy that empowers citizens to adapt and accelerate the digital and environmental transition; call on the Commission to make full use of and increase the amounts allocated to the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to financially support workers made redundant, as a result of restructuring due to Covid19 or due to the digital and environmental transformations, in their retraining, re-skilling and reintegration into the labour market in sectors of the future;

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2. Is aware that market dynamics alone do not bridge the fractures created during the transformation process if there is no proper management of the transitions and no strong industrial policies; is, furthermore, aware that while markets, competition and innovation push fast towards transformation, it is society and the environment that face the impact of these transformations; considers that balancing out the number of jobs lost in traditional industries with new jobs created in the digital and environmental sectors is not enough in itself as these new jobs are neither created in the same regions nor taken up by the same workers; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that these transitions are fair and socially just, and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation process (digital, environmental, etc.) is accompanied by a corresponding initiative to up-skill and reskill workers, with the aim of managing the effects produced by that accelerated process on both regions and people;

2. Is aware that market dynamics alone do not bridge the fractures created during the transformation process if there is no proper management of the transitions and no strong industrial policies; is, furthermore, aware that while markets, competition and innovation push fast towards transformation, it is society and the environment that face the impact of these transformations; considers that balancing out the number of jobs lost in traditional industries with new jobs through the digital and climate and environment compatible transformation of the industry is not enough, since the new jobs are likely neither created in the same regions nor are taken up by the same workers; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that these transitions are fair and socially just and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation (digital, ecological, etc.) is accompanied by corresponding policies and concrete actions aimed at managing the effects produced by that acceleration, both on regions and people; is convinced that industrial policy must rely on a strong social pillar and timely address the social consequences of structural change; indeed, the twin digital and ecological transition will significantly change our way of living and working; stresses that to this end focus needs to be put on regional and social cohesion and the anticipation and management of restructuring, the identification of future skills sets as well as increased investment in human resources, targeted trainings and upskilling and regional transformation processes, in order to provide people and

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regions with future perspectives and income as well as the industry with skilled workers;

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2. Is aware that market dynamics alone do not bridge the fractures created during the transformation process if there is no proper management of the transitions and no strong industrial policies; is, furthermore, aware that while markets, competition and innovation push fast towards transformation, it is society and the environment that face the impact of these transformations; considers that balancing out the number of jobs lost in traditional industries with new jobs created in the digital and green sectors is not enough in itself as these new jobs may neither be created in the same regions nor taken up by the same workers; considers industrial transformation as an opportunity to accelerate the complete phase-out of fossil fuels (including natural gas and all fossil-derived gases) and invest in renewable, clean and green production, making sure no one is left behind; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that these transitions are fair and socially just, and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation process (digital, environmental, etc.) is accompanied by a comprehensive vision and corresponding initiative to help the workforce to be as adaptable as possible, including through up-skill and reskill initiatives for workers, with the aim of leaving no one

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behind and managing the effects produced by that transition on both regions and people; stresses in this regard the importance of digital skills and lifelong learning approaches;

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Amendment 126Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Alicia Homs Ginel, Adriana Maldonado López, Łukasz Kohut, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Nicolás González Casares, Romana Jerković




2. Is aware that market dynamics alone do not bridge the fractures created during the transformation process if there is no proper management of the transitions and no strong industrial policies; is, furthermore, aware that while markets, competition and innovation push fast towards transformation, it is society and the environment that face the impact of these transformations; considers that balancing out the number of jobs lost in traditional industries with new jobs created in the digital and environmental sectors is not enough in itself as these new jobs are neither created in the same regions nor taken up by the same workers, specially taking into account the gender disparities in the labour market which have an effect on the mobility or relocation capacity of workers; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that these transitions are fair and socially just, and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation process (digital, environmental, etc.) is accompanied by a corresponding initiative to up-skill and reskill workers and to invest in alternative economic sectors specially in some regions with high unemployment and less diversified economies, with the aim of

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managing the effects produced by that accelerated process on both regions and people;

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2. Is aware that market dynamics alone do not bridge the fractures created during the transformation process if there is no proper management of the transitions and no strong industrial policies; is, furthermore, aware that while markets, competition and innovation push fast towards transformation, it is society and the environment that face the impact of these transformations; considers that balancing out the number of jobs lost in traditional industries with new jobs created in the digital and environmental sectors is not enough in itself as these new jobs are neither created in the same regions nor taken up by the same workers; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that these transitions are fair and socially just, and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation process (digital, environmental, etc.) is accompanied by a corresponding initiative to up-skill and reskill workers, to support workers’ participation to companies’ management and governance and their self-entrepreneurship, with the aim of managing the effects produced by that accelerated process on both regions and people; underlines in this regard the importance of lifelong learning to guarantee the permanence of workers in the labour market;

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Amendment 128Grzegorz Tobiszowskion behalf of the ECR GroupZdzisław Krasnodębski, Evžen Tošenovský, Beata Szydło, Elżbieta Kruk, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Pietro Fiocchi, Izabela-Helena Kloc, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión




2. Is aware that market dynamics alone do not bridge the fractures created during the transformation process if there is no proper management of the transitions and no strong industrial policies; is, furthermore, aware that while markets, competition and innovation push fast towards transformation, it is society and the environment that face the impact of these transformations; considers that balancing out the number of jobs lost in traditional industries with new jobs created in the digital and environmental sectors is not enough in itself as these new jobs are neither created in the same regions nor taken up by the same workers; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that these transitions are fair and socially just, in the spirit of ‘no one left behind’ principle, and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation process (digital, environmental, etc.) is accompanied by a corresponding initiative to up-skill and reskill workers in alignment with the needs of the labour market of the affected region, with the aim of its economic revitalisation, rather than counting on worker mobility and risking depopulation and impoverishment of regions and people;

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Amendment 129Josianne Cutajar, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Adriana Maldonado López, Robert Hajšel, Carlos Zorrinho, Romana Jerković, Nicolás González Casares




2. Is aware that market dynamics alone do not bridge the fractures created during the transformation process if there is no proper management of the transitions and no strong industrial policies; is, furthermore, aware that while markets, competition and innovation push fast towards transformation, it is society and the environment that face the impact of these transformations; considers that balancing out the number of jobs lost in traditional industries with new jobs created in the digital and environmental sectors is not enough in itself as these new jobs are neither created in the same regions nor taken up by the same workers; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that these transitions are fair and socially just, and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation process (digital, environmental, etc.) is accompanied by a corresponding initiative to up-skill and reskill workers, with the aim of managing the effects produced by that accelerated process on both regions and people; underlines in this regard the importance of lifelong learning to guarantee the permanence of workers in the labour market;

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2. Is of the opinion that a strong industry strategy embedded in an overall strategy for the transformations can help bridge the fractures created during the transformation process; considers that balancing out the number of jobs lost in traditional industries with new jobs created in the digital and environmental sectors is not enough in itself as these new jobs are neither created in the same regions nor taken up by the same workers; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that these transitions are fair and socially just, and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation process (digital, environmental, new large infrastructure networks and projects etc.) is accompanied by a corresponding initiative to up-skill and reskill workers, with the aim of managing the effects produced by that accelerated process on both regions and people;

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Amendment 131Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler, Antonio Tajani, Massimiliano Salini, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Sara Skyttedal, Henna Virkkunen, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Seán Kelly, Pernille Weiss



2. Is aware that market dynamics alone do not bridge the fractures created during the transformation process if there is no proper management of the

2. Is of the opinion that a strong industry strategy embedded in an overall strategy for the transformations can help bridge the fractures created during the

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transitions and no strong industrial policies; is, furthermore, aware that while markets, competition and innovation push fast towards transformation, it is society and the environment that face the impact of these transformations; considers that balancing out the number of jobs lost in traditional industries with new jobs created in the digital and environmental sectors is not enough in itself as these new jobs are neither created in the same regions nor taken up by the same workers; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that these transitions are fair and socially just, and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation process (digital, environmental, etc.) is accompanied by a corresponding initiative to up-skill and reskill workers, with the aim of managing the effects produced by that accelerated process on both regions and people;

transformation process; considers that balancing out the number of jobs lost in traditional industries with new jobs created in the digital and environmental sectors is not enough in itself as these new jobs are neither created in the same regions nor taken up by the same workers; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that these transitions are fair and socially just, and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation process (digital, environmental, new large infrastructure networks and projects etc.) is accompanied by a corresponding initiative to up-skill and reskill workers, with the aim of managing the effects produced by that accelerated process on both regions and people;

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2. Is aware that market dynamics alone do not bridge the fractures created during the transformation process if there is no proper management of the transitions and no strong industrial policies; is, furthermore, aware that while markets, competition and innovation push fast towards transformation, it is society and the environment that face the impact of these transformations; considers that balancing out the number of jobs lost in traditional industries with new jobs created in the digital and environmental sectors is not enough in itself as these new jobs are neither created in the same regions nor

2. Is aware that market dynamics alone do not bridge the fractures created during the transformation process if there is no proper management of the transitions and no strong industrial policies; is, furthermore, aware that while markets, competition and innovation push fast towards transformation, it is society and the environment that face the impact of these transformations; welcomes, in this connection, the review of the definition of relevant market in the context of the control of concentrations; considers that balancing out the number of jobs lost in traditional industries with new jobs created

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taken up by the same workers; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that these transitions are fair and socially just, and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation process (digital, environmental, etc.) is accompanied by a corresponding initiative to up-skill and reskill workers, with the aim of managing the effects produced by that accelerated process on both regions and people;

in the digital and environmental sectors is not enough in itself as these new jobs are neither created in the same regions nor taken up by the same workers; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that these transitions are fair and socially just, and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation process (digital, environmental, etc.) is accompanied by a corresponding initiative to up-skill and reskill workers, with the aim of managing the effects produced by that accelerated process on both regions and people;

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2. Is aware that market dynamics alone do not bridge the fractures created during the transformation process if there is no proper management of the transitions and no strong industrial policies; is, furthermore, aware that while markets, competition and innovation push fast towards transformation, it is society and the environment that face the impact of these transformations; considers that balancing out the number of jobs lost in traditional industries with new jobs created in the digital and environmental sectors is not enough in itself as these new jobs are neither created in the same regions nor taken up by the same workers; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that these transitions are fair and socially just, and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation process (digital, environmental, etc.) is accompanied by a corresponding initiative to up-skill and

2. Is aware that market dynamics alone do not bridge the fractures created during the transformation process if there is no proper management of the transitions and no strong industrial policies; is, furthermore, aware that the unreasonable pressure coming from markets, competition and innovation push fast towards transformation, it is society and the environment that face the impact of these transformations; considers that balancing out the number of jobs lost in traditional industries with new jobs created in the digital and environmental sectors is not enough in itself as these new jobs are neither created in the same regions nor taken up by the same workers; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that these transitions are gradual, fair, socially just, and ensure a level playing field, and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation process (digital,

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reskill workers, with the aim of managing the effects produced by that accelerated process on both regions and people;

environmental, etc.) is accompanied by a corresponding initiative to up-skill and reskill workers, with the aim of managing the effects produced by that accelerated process on both regions and people;

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Amendment 134Jens Geier, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Łukasz Kohut, Nicolás González Casares, Robert Hajšel, Carlo Calenda, Dan Nica




2. Is aware that market dynamics alone do not bridge the fractures created during the transformation process if there is no proper management of the transitions and no strong industrial policies and support; is, furthermore, aware that while markets, competition and innovation push fast towards transformation, it is society, the economy and the environment that face the impact of these transformations; considers that balancing out the number of jobs lost in traditional industries with new jobs created in the digital and environmental sectors is not enough in itself as these new jobs are neither created in the same regions nor taken up by the same workers; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that these transitions minimise job losses and industrial closures, are fair and socially just, and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation process (digital, environmental, etc.) is accompanied by a corresponding initiative to up-skill and reskill workers, with the aim of managing the effects produced by that accelerated process on both regions and people;

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2. Is aware that market dynamics do not bridge the fractures created during the transformation process if there is no proper management of the transitions and no strong industrial policies; is, furthermore, aware that it is society and the environment that face the impact of these transformations; considers that balancing out the number of jobs lost in traditional industries with new jobs created in the digital and environmental sectors is not enough in itself as these new jobs are neither created in the same regions nor taken up by the same workers; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that these transitions are fair and socially just, and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation process (digital, environmental, etc.) is accompanied by a corresponding initiative to up-skill and reskill workers, with the aim of managing the effects produced by that accelerated process on both regions and people;

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2. Is aware that market dynamics alone do not bridge the fractures created during the transformation process if there is no proper management of the transitions and no strong industrial policies; is, furthermore, aware that while markets, competition and innovation push fast towards transformation, it is society and the environment that face the impact of these transformations; considers that balancing out the number of jobs lost in traditional industries with new jobs created in the digital and environmental sectors is not enough in itself as these new jobs are neither created in the same regions nor taken up by the same workers; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that these transitions are fair and socially just, and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation process (digital, environmental, etc.) is accompanied by a corresponding initiative to up-skill and reskill workers, especially digital skills, with the aim of managing the effects produced by that accelerated process on both regions and people;

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2. Is aware that market dynamics alone do not bridge the fractures created during the transformation process if there is no proper management of the transitions and no strong industrial policies; is, furthermore, aware that while markets, competition and innovation push fast towards transformation, it is society and the environment that face the impact of these transformations; considers that

2. Is aware that market dynamics alone do not bridge the fractures created during the transformation process if there is no proper management of the transitions and no strong industrial policies; is, furthermore, aware that while markets, competition and innovation push fast towards transformation, it is society and the environment that face the impact of these transformations; considers that

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balancing out the number of jobs lost in traditional industries with new jobs created in the digital and environmental sectors is not enough in itself as these new jobs are neither created in the same regions nor taken up by the same workers; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that these transitions are fair and socially just, and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation process (digital, environmental, etc.) is accompanied by a corresponding initiative to up-skill and reskill workers, with the aim of managing the effects produced by that accelerated process on both regions and people;

balancing out the number of jobs lost in traditional industries with new jobs created in the digital and environmental sectors is not enough in itself as these new jobs are neither created in the same regions nor taken up by the same workers; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that these transitions are fair and socially just, and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation process (digital, environmental, etc.) is accompanied by a corresponding initiative to up-skill and reskill workers, with the aim of managing the effects produced by that accelerated process on the most vulnerable regions and people;

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2a. Understands strategic autonomy as a concept in which technological leadership enables EU and Member States to be politically and economically self-determined, while respecting international rules and maintaining openness to international trade with the ambition to reach more free trade agreements; highlights that European industry is highly integrated into global value chains; further recognises that strategic autonomy is not achieved by cutting ties with global value chains; considers instead that strategic autonomy and the resiliency of the Union is achieved by strengthening and developing Europe’s industrial and technological capacities by means of investments in key technologies and ensuring a well-functioning Single

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Market, a level playing field and a regulatory environment where companies can thrive and compete globally;

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2a. Considers that this industrial transformation must be a chance for fossil-dominated areas to leapfrog towards the frontline of innovation and net-zero GHG emission compatible production, to make sure no one is left behind; underlines that it will be critical to ensure a more inclusive transition, and facilitate the meaningful participation of all local stakeholders, including civil society and community representatives in the design of both the Just transition plans and the end of investments in fossil fuels, including natural gas and all fossil-derived gases; stresses that the latter should not be supported in any way through the Just Transition Mechanism and should be excluded from all other public funding;

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2a. Considers the EU industrial policy of the Union can only succeed through integrated strategic planning, pooling the resources of European players, regional and local institutions, industrial clusters, social partners, universities and research groups; highlights in this context the importance of support structures such as SME networks, regional development agencies, innovation clusters and start-up counselling for the creation of local and regional industrial value chains;

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Amendment 141Jens Geier, Petra Kammerevert, Victor Negrescu, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Łukasz Kohut, Nicolás González Casares, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Massimiliano Smeriglio, Dan Nica



2a. Believes that the new industrial strategy needs to be accompanied by corresponding education initiatives contributing to accelerating the transformation process of our industries and to setting ground for Europe’s industrial future; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to make massive public investments in education across Europe and to push forward the integration of education policy at EU level;

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2a. In order to facilitate the digital transformation, it is important to assure that all citizens have the right and access to affordable green energy. This is a prerequisite for participation in economic and social activities in the course of the digital and green industrial transformation, which must include protection and support for vulnerable citizens;

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2a. Encourages the Member States and their national employment services to carry out, in the context of this initiative for vocational retraining and reshoring of industrial sectors, an assessment of the skills already acquired by workers in traditional industries and therefore immediately available to companies relocating to Europe;

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2a. Believes that digitalisation and decarbonisation could result in an overall decline of the volume of work. And emphasises the need to discuss the societal distribution of labour and capital (e.g. reduction of working hours, the digitalization of services, gender inequality dynamics).

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2a. Highlights that EU industrial policy must address all social consequences of structural change in order to support good, fair and equal working conditions, quality employment, and equal opportunities, as well as access to well-functioning labour markets and welfare systems;

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2b. Considers that EU industrial policy must embrace public investment strategies that promote the recovery of

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quality employment and manufacturing opportunities throughout the Union, in order to support the equal and sustainable development of all EU regions, particularly in strategic sectors such as health, digitalisation and energy; calls on the Commission to Promote the use of public investment to create high-quality jobs and achieve ambitious social and environmental goals;

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2b. Underlines that in order to gain or maintain global leadership in strategic industrial sectors and with regard to certain technologies, especially those with a high value-added, Europe needs to provide sufficient resources for research and innovation, including the Horizon Europe programme; recalls the positive spill-over effects of innovation efforts with regard to the quantity and especially the quality of jobs;

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2c. Highlights that any industrial strategy should place workers, their representatives and trade unions, as well as workers’ interests and long-standing expertise at its core to ensure a democratic functioning; calls on the Commission to fully include workers, their representatives and trade unions at every stage of the procedure;

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Amendment 149Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler, Pascal Arimont, Antonio Tajani, Massimiliano Salini, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Henna Virkkunen, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Seán Kelly, Pernille Weiss



3. Considers, in the current context, that the Union requires a new, tailor-made industrial strategy that focuses on two distinct phases; the first aimed at recovery and the second aimed at reconstruction and transformation; calls on the Commission, therefore, to adapt the strategy published in March 2020 to the current situation and address both phases, while keeping the digital and environmental objectives as priorities throughout;

3. Considers that the Union requires an industrial strategy which does not only contribute to industrial recovery after the current economic crisis, but which is a tailor-made industrial strategy; to attract investments in new technologies, infrastructure and research, as well as to stimulate access to capital, market entries and effective competition; therefore, believes that an updated strategy should take into consideration two principle and interlinked phases: recovery and transformation; believes that the best recovery measures target investments in sustainable and digital technologies including in labour intensive industries, new infrastructure networks and projects, leading to an increase in EU internal demand and long-term growth, global competitiveness and effective competition

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on the EU internal market; calls on the Commission, therefore, to adapt the strategy published in March 2020 to the current situation and address both phases, while keeping the digital and environmental objectives as priorities throughout;

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3. Considers that the Union requires an industrial strategy which does not only contribute to industrial recovery after the current economic crisis, but which is a tailor-made industrial strategy; to attract investments in new technologies, infrastructure and research, as well as to stimulate access to capital, market entries and effective competition; therefore, believes that an updated strategy should take into consideration two principle and interlinked phases: recovery and transformation; believes that the best recovery measures target investments in sustainable and digital technologies including in labour intensive industries, new infrastructure networks and projects, leading to an increase in EU internal demand and long-term growth, global competitiveness and effective competition on the EU internal market; calls on the Commission, therefore, to adapt the strategy published in March2020 to the current situation and address both phases, while keeping the digital and environmental objectives as priorities throughout;

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Amendment 151Christophe Grudler, Dominique Riquet, Ivars Ijabs, Mauri Pekkarinen, Valérie Hayer, Dragoș Pîslaru, Bernard Guetta, Fabienne Keller, Sylvie Brunet, Katalin Cseh, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Nicola Danti, Stéphane Bijoux, Fredrick Federley, Andrus Ansip




3. Considers, in the current context, that the Union requires a new, tailor-made industrial strategy that focuses on two distinct phases; the first aimed at recovery and the second aimed at reconstruction and transformation; considers nevertheless that the investments which, from the recovery phase onwards, support and accelerate the digital and environmental transformation and strengthen the autonomy of the Union should be encouraged; calls on the Commission, therefore, to adapt the strategy published in March 2020 to the current situation and address both phases, while keeping the digital and environmental objectives, the Union’s sovereignty and its strategic autonomy as priorities throughout;

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Amendment 152Christophe Grudler, Dominique Riquet, Ivars Ijabs, Mauri Pekkarinen, Valérie Hayer, Susana Solís Pérez, Dragoș Pîslaru, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Nicola Danti, Fabienne Keller, Sylvie Brunet, Andrus Ansip



3. Considers, in the current context, that the Union requires a new, tailor-made industrial strategy that focuses on two distinct phases; the first aimed at recovery

3. Considers, in the current context, that the Union requires a new, tailor-made industrial strategy that focuses on two distinct phases; the first aimed at recovery

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and the second aimed at reconstruction and transformation; calls on the Commission, therefore, to adapt the strategy published in March 2020 to the current situation and address both phases, while keeping the digital and environmental objectives as priorities throughout;

and the second aimed at reconstruction and transformation; calls on the Commission, therefore, to adapt the strategy published in March 2020 to the current situation and address both phases, while keeping the digital and environmental objectives as priorities throughout; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take into account when granting funds that the recovery phase represents an opportunity to accelerate the transformation of our industries towards a greener, innovative, inclusive and sovereign Europe;

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Amendment 153Fredrick Federley, Mauri Pekkarinen, Nils Torvalds, Susana Solís Pérez, Katalin Cseh, Bart Groothuis, Morten Petersen




3. Considers, in the current context, that the Union requires a new, tailor-made industrial strategy that focuses on two distinct phases; the first aimed at recovery and the second aimed at reconstruction and transformation; calls on the Commission, therefore, to adapt the strategy published in March 2020 to the current situation and address both phases, while keeping the digital and environmental objectives as priorities throughout; Calls on the Commission and Member States to take into account when granting funds that the recovery phase represents an opportunity to accelerate the transformation of our industries towards a greener, digitalized, innovative and inclusive Europe;

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3. Considers, in the current context, that the Union requires a new, tailor-made industrial strategy that focuses on two distinct phases; the first aimed at recovery and the second aimed at reconstruction and transformation; calls on the Commission, therefore, to prepare a comprehensive report assessing the state of the EU economy and a feasibility to carry out a twin transition and, based on its findings, to adapt the strategy published in March 2020 to the current situation and address both phases, while keeping the digital and environmental objectives;

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3. Considers, in the current context, that the Union requires a new, tailor-made industrial strategy that focuses on two distinct phases; the first aimed at recovery and the second aimed at reconstruction and transformation; calls on the Commission, therefore, to adapt the strategy published in March 2020 to the current situation and address both phases, while keeping the

3. Considers, in the current context, that the Union requires a new, tailor-made industrial strategy that focuses on two distinct phases; the first aimed at recovery and the second aimed at reconstruction and transformation; calls on the Commission, therefore, to adapt the strategy published in March 2020 to the current situation and address both phases, while keeping the

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digital and environmental objectives as priorities throughout;

digital and environmental objectives as priorities throughout and ensuring synergies between the two to guarantee resource efficiency and achieve the circularity in industrial processes;

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3. Considers, in the current context, that the Union requires a mutually reinforcing two-step approach for the implementation of its industrial strategy; the first step aimed at a green and resilient recovery preparing the ground for the second step aimed at reconstruction and transformation; calls on the Commission, therefore, to strengthen all the relevant legislation and come forward with new one in order to prioritise the ecological and the sustainable digital transitions in both phases;

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3. Considers, in the current context, that the Union requires a new, tailor-made industrial strategy that focuses on two distinct phases; the first aimed at recovery and the second aimed at reconstruction and

3. Considers, in the current context, that the Union requires a new, tailor-made industrial strategy that focuses on two distinct phases; the first aimed at recovery and the second aimed at reconstruction and

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transformation; calls on the Commission, therefore, to adapt the strategy published in March 2020 to the current situation and address both phases, while keeping the digital and environmental objectives as priorities throughout;

transformation; calls on the Commission, therefore, to adapt the strategy published in March 2020 to the current situation and address both phases, while keeping the digital and environmental objectives and the EU’s strategic autonomy as priorities throughout;

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3. Considers, in the current context, that the Union requires a new, tailor-made industrial strategy to every ecosystem that focuses on two distinct phases; the first aimed at recovery and the second aimed at reconstruction and transformation; calls on the Commission, therefore, to adapt the strategy published in March 2020 to the current situation and address both phases, while keeping the digital and environmental objective as a key priority throughout;

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3. Considers, in the current context, that the Union requires a new, tailor-made industrial strategy that focuses on two

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distinct phases; the first aimed at recovery and the second aimed at reconstruction and transformation; calls on the Commission, therefore, to adapt the strategy published in March 2020 to the current situation and address both phases, while keeping the digital and environmental objectives as priorities throughout;

implementation on two distinct phases; one aimed at consolidating jobs, adapting production to post-COVID ‘new normal’ and the second aimed at reconstruction and transformation; therefore, calls on the Commission to bolster relevant existing and future legislation to prioritise the ecological and digital transition throughout both phases;

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3. Considers, in the current context, that the Union requires a new, tailor-made industrial strategy that focuses on two distinct phases; the first aimed at recovery and strengthening existing industries and the second aimed at relocation and transformation; calls on the Commission, therefore, to adapt the strategy published in March 2020 to the current situation and address both phases, while keeping the digital objectives as a priority throughout;

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3a. Underlines the importance of a comprehensive and effective overall governance for the industrial transformation that ensures consistency with the objectives of the European Green Deal, which is crucial to its success; points to the need for ensuring transparency on the industrial ecosystems that have been identified, in particular as regards the criteria to be considered part of an ecosystem and hence structural exchanges with the Commission, the exact break down per type of actor in each identified ecosystems and information on outcomes and topics discussed, as well as the role of the Industrial Forum and the Alliances in relation to these ecosystems; stresses that civil society, consumer organisations and trade unions should be part of developing ground rules and agreeing of priorities for the sectoral pathways to be developed;

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Amendment 162Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Pernille Weiss



3a. Underlines that any EU industrial strategy must pursue well-defined aims and clear definitions of “strategic”, “strategic autonomy”, “resilience”, “strategic resilience”, “autonomy” and other related concepts; stresses that such concepts, in order to secure full transparency, must refer to specific and concrete definitions to ensure that the actions taken with reference to these

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concepts are specific and well-aimed towards the politically agreed goals; underlines, furthermore, that any state aid attributed under industrial or any other policies should adhere to the common “balancing principle” to ensure a level-playing field and that distortions in competition and the Single Market is avoided to the greatest extent possible;

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3a. Believes that the new long-term strategy for Europe’s industrial future should contribute to combating the gender pay gap and the gender pension gap that still affect the European labour market and, more generally, the European society; calls on the Commission to take into due account the gender dimension in the implementation of the European industrial strategy - both in the recovery and in the reconstruction and transformation phases, including the use of gender budgeting tools in the definition of the financial instruments supporting the industrial and economic growth of the European Union;

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Amendment 164Christophe Grudler, Dominique Riquet, Ivars Ijabs, Mauri Pekkarinen, Valérie Hayer, Susana Solís Pérez, Dragoș Pîslaru, Martina Dlabajová, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Nicola Danti, Fabienne Keller, Sylvie Brunet, Bart Groothuis, Andrus Ansip

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3a. Stresses the importance of coherent and coordinated EU approach in supporting European industries, in particular SMEs and safeguarding the employment in Europe for preserving and strengthening the Single market to the benefit of European citizens and businesses;

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3a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to create a supportive environment for business that enables them develop and growth by reducing regulatory burden and eventually eliminating certain tax obligations to facilitate new jobs creation;

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Amendment 166Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Sara Skyttedal, Henna Virkkunen, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Tomas Tobé, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Seán Kelly, Pernille Weiss


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3b. Acknowledges that the corona crisis risks leading to increased economic nationalism and protectionism, furthermore the challenge of rule-based free trade and global value chains is further challenged with the re-nationalization of production the breaking up of global value chains which is a threat to European competitiveness; to this end, calls on stakeholders to diversify their supply chains in order to reduce vulnerability;

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3b. Reiterates that, in order to ensure a long-term and sustainable industrial future for the European Union, it is key to focus on the enhancement of the skills and of the entrepreneurial capacity of the EU citizens as a powerful form to support their labour market participation;

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Amendment 168Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Pascal Arimont, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Sara Skyttedal, Henna Virkkunen, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Pernille Weiss


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3c. Calls on the Commission to closely examine the impact of European import dependency from third countries, notably countries where the state exercises significant influence on the market, and include measures to cope with any disruption in global value chains, specifically by means of increased EU coordination and strategic global partnerships;

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Amendment 169Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Sara Skyttedal, Henna Virkkunen, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Pernille Weiss

Motion for a resolutionSubheading 1


Phase One - Recovery Industrial recovery and investing for the future

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Motion for a resolutionSubheading 1


Phase One - Recovery Phase One - Fast Recovery

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Amendment 171Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Pascal Arimont, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Pernille Weiss



4. Welcomes the Temporary State Aid framework as a way to promptly transfer liquidity where urgently needed; calls on the Commission nonetheless to ensure that the aid provided in the emergency phase does not lead to permanent distortions in the single market;

4. Welcomes the Temporary State Aid framework as a way to promptly transfer liquidity to otherwise solvent business where urgently needed; calls on the Commission nonetheless to ensure that the aid provided in the emergency phase does not distort competition or lead to a lack of effective competition on the single market; furthermore, recommends a revision of the EU State Aid Rules in order to give Member States the necessary flexibility for targeted support in driving industrial decarbonisation and digitalization, and to analyse thoroughly potential competition distortion from state aid coming from outside of the EU and its potential impact on the competitiveness of EU businesses; encourages the Commission to establish a reporting on the ways foreign protectionism affects EU industry and regular assessment of EU competitiveness of industry sectors compared to Europe’s main competitors, and act rapidly if adjustments of EU rules are necessary;

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4. Welcomes the extraordinary financial means under the State Aid Framework to support businesses and workers when countering the pandemic’s economic fallout; calls on the Commission to set common minimum standards in order to specify the requirement for companies receiving financial assistance to be in line with ESG criteria and taxation transparency, in order to avoid different national criteria giving rise to further discrepancies and to demonstrate how the public support received is used to align their operation with EU’s climate and environmental objectives and the Paris Agreement; recalls that aid should only be granted to cover the losses incurred due to COVID-19; Underlines that States aid should only be granted to companies facing the immediate effects of COVID-19 and not those that were already financially unhealthy pre-crisis;

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Amendment 173Christophe Grudler, Dominique Riquet, Ivars Ijabs, Valérie Hayer, Dragoș Pîslaru, Susana Solís Pérez, Pierre Karleskind, Martina Dlabajová, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Nicola Danti, Fabienne Keller, Sylvie Brunet, Andrus Ansip




4. Welcomes the measures taken by the Union to deal with the COVID-19 crisis, the injection of liquidity by the ECB, the relaxation of the rules of the Stability Pact, the increase in the EIB’s capital for SMEs and the SURE initiative to help Member States finance short-time working arrangements, maintain employment and protect workers;

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welcomes the Temporary State Aid framework as a way to promptly transfer liquidity where urgently needed; calls on the Commission nonetheless to ensure that the aid provided in the emergency phase is justified by the consequences of the pandemic, does not lead to permanent distortions in the single market and that no strategic sector is neglected;

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Amendment 174Maria Spyraki, François-Xavier Bellamy, Eva Maydell




4. Welcomes the Temporary State Aid framework as a way to promptly transfer liquidity where urgently needed; calls on the Commission nonetheless to ensure that the aid provided in the emergency phase does not lead to permanent distortions in the single market; calls on the Commission to review its State Aid policy, based on an impact assessment on the competitiveness of the European industry and explicitly acknowledging global competitiveness of the European industry as an objective of common interest;

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framework as a way to promptly transfer liquidity where urgently needed; calls on the Commission nonetheless to ensure that the aid provided in the emergency phase does not lead to permanent distortions in the single market;

framework as a way to promptly transfer liquidity where urgently needed; calls on the Commission nonetheless to ensure that the aid provided in the emergency phase does not lead to permanent distortions in the single market; calls on the Commission to review its State Aid policy, including an evaluation of distortions on a global level impacting the competitiveness of European industry;

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4. Welcomes the Temporary State Aid framework as a way to promptly transfer liquidity where urgently needed; calls on the Commission nonetheless to ensure that the aid provided in the emergency phase does not lead to permanent distortions in the single market; Calls on the Commission to review its State Aid policy, including an evaluation of distortions on a global level impacting the competitiveness of European industry;

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4. Welcomes the Temporary State Aid framework as a way to promptly transfer

4. Welcomes the Temporary State Aid framework as a way to promptly transfer

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liquidity where urgently needed; calls on the Commission nonetheless to ensure that the aid provided in the emergency phase does not lead to permanent distortions in the single market;

liquidity where urgently needed; calls on the Commission nonetheless to ensure that the aid provided in the emergency phase does not lead to permanent distortions in the single market nor to spending conflicting with the European Green Deal and the overall climate objectives of the Union;

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4. Welcomes the Temporary State Aid framework as a way to promptly transfer liquidity where urgently needed; calls on the Commission nonetheless to ensure that the aid provided in the emergency phase is justified by the consequences of the pandemic and does not lead to permanent distortions in the single market and that no strategic sectors are overlooked;

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4. Welcomes the Temporary State Aid framework as a way to promptly transfer liquidity where urgently needed; calls on the Commission nonetheless to ensure that

4. Welcomes the Temporary State Aid framework as a way to promptly transfer liquidity where urgently needed; calls on the Commission nonetheless to ensure that

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the aid provided in the emergency phase does not lead to permanent distortions in the single market;

the aid provided in the emergency phase does not lead to permanent distortions in the single market or generate inequalities between industrial enterprises from different Member States;

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Amendment 180Grzegorz Tobiszowskion behalf of the ECR GroupZdzisław Krasnodębski, Evžen Tošenovský, Beata Szydło, Elżbieta Kruk, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Izabela-Helena Kloc, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión




4. Welcomes the Temporary State Aid framework as a way to promptly transfer liquidity where urgently needed; calls on the Commission nonetheless to ensure that the aid provided in the emergency phase does not lead to permanent distortions in the single market, and that loosening of state aid rules is time-limited and is gradually phased-out;

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Amendment 181Gianna Gancia



4. Welcomes the Temporary State Aid framework as a way to promptly transfer liquidity where urgently needed; calls on the Commission nonetheless to ensure that the aid provided in the emergency phase does not lead to permanent distortions in

4. Welcomes the Temporary State Aid framework as a way to promptly transfer liquidity where urgently needed; calls on the Commission nonetheless to ensure that preventing the fragmentation of the single market as a result of the inherent nature

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the single market; of the aid provided in the emergency phase is a short-term and medium-term priority;

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4. Welcomes the Temporary State Aid framework as a way to promptly transfer liquidity where urgently needed; calls on the Commission nonetheless to ensure that the aid provided in the emergency phase does not reinforce permanent distortions and inequalities in the single market;

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4. Welcomes the Temporary State Aid framework as a way to promptly transfer liquidity where urgently needed; calls on the Commission nonetheless to ensure that the aid provided in the emergency phase does not lead to permanent distortions in the internal market;

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4a. Calls on the Commissions to revise the state aid rules, in particular the General Block Exemption Regulation and the Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy, to be fully consistent with the EU’s GHG reduction and environmental objectives and to end fossil fuels subsidies including disguised aid granted to fossil fuels, such as compensation for stranded assets, or infrastructure investments including airport expansions; insists on their application in the approval process for state aid elements in Member State recovery packages to ensure that these are consistent with the European Green Deal;

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4a. Stresses that the Union and the Member States must stand united to foster the position of the European industry in the world, creating a broad competitive industrial base in line with the 2050 climate neutrality target; underlines that quality job creation, social protection,

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well-functioning public services and the rule of law play an important role for thriving industrial activities in this context;

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Amendment 186Christophe Grudler, Dominique Riquet, Ivars Ijabs, Mauri Pekkarinen, Valérie Hayer, Dragoș Pîslaru, Susana Solís Pérez, Pierre Karleskind, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Nicola Danti, Fabienne Keller, Sylvie Brunet, Andrus Ansip



4a. Welcomes the Commission proposal to create a new recovery instrument, Next Generation EU of €750 billion; calls for an ambitious and stronger long-term EU budget for 2021-2027, having regard to the Resolution of the European Parliament on the new multiannual financial framework, own resources and the recovery plan (2020/2631(RSP));

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4a. Highlights that emergency public support measures are incompatible with the use of tax havens and the payment of dividends to shareholders, and shall comply with strict environmental and social conditionalities. amongst which

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safeguarding jobs;

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Amendment 188Christophe Grudler, Dominique Riquet, Ivars Ijabs, Mauri Pekkarinen, Valérie Hayer, Dragoș Pîslaru, Susana Solís Pérez, Martina Dlabajová, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Nicola Danti, Fabienne Keller, Sylvie Brunet, Andrus Ansip



4b. Welcomes the identification of 14 ecosystems by the Commission and the inclusive approach of bringing together all actors operating in a value chain in order to promote European leadership in strategic sectors and competitiveness on the global stage; underlines the need to ensure that SME will thrive within each ecosystem;

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Amendment 189Christophe Grudler, Dominique Riquet, Ivars Ijabs, Mauri Pekkarinen, Valérie Hayer, Susana Solís Pérez, Dragoș Pîslaru, Martina Dlabajová, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Nicola Danti, Fabienne Keller, Sylvie Brunet, Andrus Ansip



4c. Welcomes the enhanced InvestEU, with its new window on strategic investments that should play a key role in the first phase of recovery for the strategic autonomy of the EU;

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5. Considers that the economic schemes put in place by individual Member States to help SMEs and companies cope with the short-term cash crunch are useful, but will increase the debt levels of these firms; in this context, therefore, calls on the Commission to facilitate recovery through fiscal schemes that favour equity over debt and grants over loans and/or guarantees;

5. Considers that the economic schemes put in place by individual Member States to help SMEs and companies cope with the short-term cash crunch are useful;

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5. Considers that the economic schemes put in place by individual Member States to help SMEs and companies cope with the short-term cash crunch are useful, but will increase the debt levels of these firms; in this context, therefore, calls on the Commission to facilitate recovery through fiscal schemes focused more on grants than on loans and/or guarantees;

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Amendment 192Paolo Borchia, Isabella Tovaglieri, Joëlle Mélin, Thierry Mariani, Jérôme Rivière,

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5. Considers that the economic schemes put in place by individual Member States to help SMEs and companies cope with the short-term cash crunch are useful, but will increase the debt levels of these firms and weaken their economies; in this context, therefore, calls on the Commission to facilitate recovery through fiscal schemes that favour equity over debt and grants over loans and/or guarantees;

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5. Considers that the economic schemes put in place by individual Member States to help SMEs and companies cope with the short-term cash crunch are useful, but will increase the debt levels of these firms; in this context, therefore, calls on the Commission to facilitate recovery through fiscal schemes that favour equity over debt and a comprehensive system of grants over loans and/or guarantees;

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Amendment 194Michael Bloss

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5. Considers that the economic schemes put in place by individual Member States to help SMEs and start-ups and companies cope with the short-term cash crunch are useful, but will increase the debt levels of these firms; in this context, therefore, calls on the Commission to facilitate recovery through fiscal schemes that favour equity over debt and grants over loans and/or guarantees;

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5. Considers that the economic schemes put in place by individual Member States to help SMEs and companies cope with the short-term cash crunch are useful, but will increase the debt levels of these firms; in this context, therefore, calls on the Commission to facilitate recovery through proposals that favour equity over debt and grants over loans and/or guarantees;

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Amendment 196Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Sven Schulze, Hildegard Bentele, Pilar del Castillo

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Vera, Henna Virkkunen, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Seán Kelly, Pernille Weiss




5. Considers that the economic schemes put in place by individual Member States to help SMEs, start-ups and companies cope with the short-term cash crunch are useful, but might in some cases increase the debt levels of these firms; in this context, therefore, calls on the Commission to in addition to the planned measures facilitate recovery through regulatory ease;

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Amendment 197Michael Blosson behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupIgnazio Corrao, Eleonora Evi



5a. Underlines that there are specific attributes that make the transition to a net-zero GHG emission economy particularly suited to recovery measures that seek to quickly boost consumer demand and employment; highlights that evidence conveys that green sustainable projects create more jobs, deliver higher short-term returns per euro spend and lead to increased long-term cost savings in comparison with traditional fiscal stimulus, since they are quick to scale up as the technology is readily available (e.g. renewables), they tend to involve SMEs and foster local economies through strong employment effects, so quickly increase

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disposable income of consumers (e.g. energy efficiency), and they are less exposed to external shocks and thus contribute to a more resilient social and economic recovery; stresses that ‘green’ is to be defined in compliance with the EU taxonomy, while all funding should be aligned with the principles and the 1.5 temperature goals of the Paris agreement and ensure that no significant harm is done to environmental or social objectives;

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Amendment 198Carlo Calenda



5a. Considers that the EU recovery should contribute to a more resilient, sustainable and fair Europe; encourages the Commission to introduce risk assessment activities and support SME investments aimed at enhancing companies’ ability to deal with unforeseen events facing and managing possible future crisis, building more resilient companies and ensuring the business continuity;

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Amendment 199Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Alicia Homs Ginel, Adriana Maldonado López, Łukasz Kohut, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Nicolás González Casares, Romana Jerković


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5a. Underlines, moreover, that emergency assistance in the wake of a crisis situation, such as Covid-19, should only be provided to undertakings that respect applicable collective agreements and to companies that refrain from buying back shares, paying dividends to shareholders and giving bonuses to executives, and that are not registered in tax havens;

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Amendment 200Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler, Pascal Arimont, Sven Schulze, Hildegard Bentele, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Seán Kelly, Pernille Weiss



5a. Highlights the importance of understanding the dynamics between the recovery plan, our climate and digital ambitions and an effective industrial strategy;

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understanding the dynamics between the recovery plan, our climate and digital ambitions and an effective industrial strategy;

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6. Calls on the Commission to include in the recovery plan a strategy to redeploy industries in Europe and to relocate industrial production in strategic sectors; calls, moreover, on the Commission to adopt a stronger stance on unfair global competition and predatory acquisitions by SOEs and sovereign funds; is of the opinion that, in this context, the Union should implement a provisional TDI scheme;

6. Calls on the Commission to elaborate a strategy to redeploy, respectively relocate industries in Europe in terms of their strategic importance and from a climate neutrality point of view shortening and diversifying supply chains and avoiding unnecessary GHG emission; moreover, calls on the Commission to adopt a stronger stand towards predative acquisitions by SOEs and Sovereign funds and unfair global competition, such as caused by negligence of labour standards, health and safety requirements as well as unjustified state aid in third countries for lowering factor costs of production not in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement, the SDGs or efforts to mitigate the impact of the COVID crisis; is of the opinion, that, in this context, the Union should implement a provisional TDI scheme; supports a reinforced rule-based multilateral trading system which must be made consistent with global efforts to halt climate change and biodiversity loss, and prevent strong international actors to abuse their market power; calls on the Commission to proceed with its Green Deal Diplomacy agenda;

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Amendment 203Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Seán Kelly, Pernille Weiss




6. Calls on the Commission to include in the recovery plan a strategy to attract industries to Europe to strengthen and promote relocation and diversification of European industries in strategic sectors such as renewable energy production and pharmaceuticals, that are not already resilient; stresses the importance of European industries in ensuring decent living standards for its citizens and in achieving growth and recovery; while recognises that European companies are deeply integrated into global value chains as well as continued access to global value chains is pivotal for European industrial competitiveness; in this context, calls, moreover, on the Commission to stand up for open and rules-based cross-border trade and improve access to international markets for Europe’s companies while taking a leading role in promoting digital trade globally; and adopt a stronger stance on unfair global competition and predatory acquisitions by SOEs and sovereign funds; is of the opinion that, in this context, the Union should strengthen the existing TDI scheme; and use competition policy tools towards companies in third countries as appropriate; calls therefore on the Commission to propose immediately a temporary ban of foreign takeovers of European companies by SOEs or government linked companies from third countries in strategic sectors;

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Amendment 204Christophe Grudler, Dominique Riquet, Ivars Ijabs, Mauri Pekkarinen, Valérie Hayer, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Fabienne Keller, Sylvie Brunet, Andrus Ansip




6. Calls on the Commission to include in the recovery plan a strategy to attract industries in Europe, to increase and to relocate industrial production in strategic sectors; in this regard, encourages the use of incentives such as requiring the purchase of a higher degree of local (EU/EEA) production from sectors receiving aid temporarily and the introduction of a new conditionality for access to funding; calls, moreover, on the Commission to assess the feasibility of setting up strategic stocks for certain critical products and to adopt a stronger stance on unfair global competition and predatory acquisitions directly or indirectly supported by states and sovereign funds; is of the opinion that, in this context, the Union should implement a provisional TDI scheme while carrying out a longer-term reflection on reciprocity in market access and without delay, strengthen the EU foreign investment screening framework; welcomes the Commission’s white paper on foreign subsidies;

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6. Calls on the Commission to include in the recovery plan a strategy to redeploy industries in Europe and to relocate industrial production in strategic sectors; calls, moreover, on the Commission to adopt a stronger stance on unfair global competition and predatory acquisitions by SOEs and sovereign funds; in this context, calls for a substantial strengthening and swift adoption of Regulation 654/2014 (Enforcement Regulation), stresses that this is an important tool to protect the Union’s interests when third countries adopt illegal measures that negatively hit our businesses; Welcomes the White paper on levelling the playing field as regards subsidies and calls on the Commission to come forward with appropriate proposals for legal instruments to address the distortive effects caused within the Single Market, including in public procurement procedures;

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6. Calls on the Commission to include in the recovery plan a strategy to advance a smart re-shore of EU undertakings in strategic sectors in order to reduce dependence and vulnerabilities of strategic supply chains and infrastructures; is the of opinion that such re-shoring may represent an opportunity for EU most peripherals and less industrialized regions; in this regard, asks the Commission to establish a

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common reserve fund for critical and strategic products and to adopt a stronger stance on unfair global competition and predatory acquisitions by SOEs and sovereign funds; is of the opinion that, in this context, the Union should implement a provisional TDI scheme;

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6. Calls on the Commission to include in the recovery plan concrete measures to support the redeployment of industries in Europe and to relocate industrial production in strategic sectors; calls, moreover, on the Commission to adopt a stronger stance on unfair global competition and predatory acquisitions by SOEs and sovereign funds; calls on the Council to further advance in the negotiations on the International Procurement Instruments (IPI) that provides for reciprocity and mutual standards; is of the opinion that the Union should use more assertively TDI measures, to systematically tackle unfair dumping and subsidy practices;

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6. Calls on the Commission to include in the recovery plan a strategy to redeploy industries in Europe and to relocate industrial production in essential and strategic sectors; calls, moreover, on the Commission to adopt a stronger stance on unfair global competition and predatory acquisitions by SOEs and sovereign funds; is of the opinion that, in this context, the Union should implement a provisional TDI scheme through the increase of custom duties on products considered essential in order to favour European production as well as the promotion of other possible means other than traditional instruments to support industry;

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Amendment 209Robert Hajšel, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Mohammed Chahim




6. Calls on the Commission to include, in the recovery plan, a strategy to redeploy industries in Europe and to relocate industrial production in strategic sectors, enabling the development of symbiosis between sectors for an effective EU circular industry; to allow transitions to happen more widely and to better ensure more efficient resource use and reduction in use overall. Moreover, calls on the Commission to adopt a stronger stand towards unfair global competition and predative acquisitions by SOEs and Sovereign funds; is of the opinion, that, in this context, the Union should implement a provisional TDI scheme;

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6. Calls on the Commission to include in the recovery plan a strategy to redeploy industries in Europe and to relocate industrial production in strategic sectors; highlights the importance of ensuring in the future the sufficient and continuous production of strategic goods, such as medical and healthcare equipment, in the EU in the crisis situations; calls, moreover, on the Commission to adopt a stronger stance on unfair global competition and predatory acquisitions by SOEs and sovereign funds; is of the opinion that, in this context, the Union should implement a provisional TDI scheme;

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6. Calls on the Commission to include in the recovery plan a strategy to redeploy industries in Europe and to relocate industrial production in strategic sectors; calls, moreover, on the Commission to adopt a stronger stance on unfair global competition and predatory acquisitions by SOEs and sovereign funds; is of the opinion that, in this context, the Union should implement a provisional TDI

6. Calls on the Commission to include in the recovery plan a strategy to redeploy industries in Europe and to relocate industrial production in strategic sectors , including final and non-final products; Stresses that the industrial dependence in third countries leaves the European Union in a weak position to face unexpected situations; calls, moreover, on the Commission to adopt a stronger stance

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scheme; on unfair global competition and predatory acquisitions by SOEs and sovereign funds; is of the opinion that, in this context, the Union should implement a provisional TDI scheme;

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6. Calls on the Commission to include in the recovery plan a strategy to redeploy industries in Europe and to relocate industrial production in strategic sectors; calls, moreover, on the Commission to adopt a stronger stance on unfair global competition and predatory acquisitions by companies receiving direct or indirect support from the state and sovereign funds; is of the opinion that, in this context, the Union should implement a provisional TDI scheme and, at the same time, consider how reciprocal market access might work in the longer term;

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Amendment 213Izaskun Bilbao Barandica



6. Pide a la Comisión que incluya en el plan de recuperación una estrategia para reubicar la industria en Europa y relocalizar la producción industrial de

6. Pide a la Comisión que incluya en el plan de recuperación una estrategia para reubicar la industria en Europa y relocalizar la producción industrial de

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sectores estratégicos; pide asimismo a la Comisión que adopte una postura más firme sobre la competencia desleal mundial y las adquisiciones abusivas por parte de empresas públicas y de fondos soberanos; estima que, en este contexto, la Unión debe aplicar un régimen provisional de instrumentos de defensa comercial;

sectores estratégicos; pide asimismo a la Comisión que adopte una postura más firme sobre la competencia desleal mundial y las adquisiciones abusivas por parte de empresas públicas y de fondos soberanos; estima que, en este contexto, la Unión debe aplicar un régimen provisional de instrumentos de defensa comercial para dotar a sectores estratégicos que por su naturaleza no le son aplicables las reglas y herramientas de la OMC contra el dumping;

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6. Calls on the Commission to include in the recovery plan a strategy to redeploy industries in Europe and to guarantee industrial production in strategic sectors such as medicines or medical devices, including through public sector initiative;

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6. Calls on the Commission to include in the recovery plan a strategy to strengthen European industries in Europe and globally, and to relocate industrial production in strategic sectors that are not already resilient or global leaders, in a WTO-compliant way; calls, moreover, on the Commission to adopt a stronger stance on unfair global competition and predatory acquisitions by SOEs and sovereign funds; is of the opinion that, in this context, the Union should implement a provisional TDI scheme;

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6. Calls on the Commission to include in the recovery plan a strategy to redeploy industries in Europe and to relocate industrial production in strategic sectors; calls, moreover, on the Commission to adopt a stronger stance on unfair global competition and predatory acquisitions by SOEs and sovereign funds; is of the opinion that, in this context, the Union should implement a provisional TDI scheme, also to ensure the level playing field within the European Single Market;

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Amendment 217Jens Geier, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Łukasz Kohut, Nicolás González Casares,

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Robert Hajšel, Carlo Calenda, Dan Nica




6. Calls on the Commission to include in the recovery plan a strategy to redeploy industries in Europe, re-strengthen strategic European markets and value-chains and to relocate industrial production in strategic sectors in the EU; calls, moreover, on the Commission to adopt a stronger stance on unfair global competition and predatory acquisitions by SOEs and sovereign funds; is of the opinion that, in this context, the Union should implement a provisional TDI scheme;

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6. Calls on the Commission to include in the recovery plan a strategy to redeploy industries in Europe and to relocate industrial production in strategic sectors; calls, moreover, on the Commission to adopt a stronger stance on unfair global competition and predatory acquisitions by SOEs and sovereign funds so that these do not jeopardise free market principles; is of the opinion that, in this context, the Union should implement a provisional TDI scheme;

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Amendment 219Nicolás González Casares, Adriana Maldonado López, Carlos Zorrinho, Tsvetelina Penkova, Alicia Homs Ginel, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques




6. Calls on the Commission to include in the recovery plan a strategy to redeploy industries in Europe and to relocate industrial production and key value chains in strategic sectors; calls, moreover, on the Commission to adopt a stronger stance on unfair global competition and predatory acquisitions by SOEs and sovereign funds; is of the opinion that, in this context, the Union should implement a provisional TDI scheme;

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6. Calls on the Commission to include in the recovery plan a strategy to redeploy industries in Europe and to pinpoint the sectors it considers to be strategic sectors; calls, moreover, on the Commission to adopt a stronger stance on unfair global competition and predatory acquisitions by SOEs and sovereign funds; is of the opinion that, in this context, the Union should implement a provisional TDI scheme;

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Amendment 221Adriana Maldonado López, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Nicolás González Casares, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Łukasz Kohut, Alicia Homs Ginel, Clara Aguilera, Josianne Cutajar

Motion for a resolutionParagraph 6 – point a (new)


a. Calls on the Commission to propose appropriate responses to strengthen the single market, due to its potential to reinforce the European industry. In addition to underline the need to address possible social reactions and develop concepts and ideas that can respond to the challenges we face, such as the jobs that will disappear.

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Amendment 222Łukasz Kohut



6a. Highlights that European industries operate within a complex, multi-layered global supply chains the proper operation of which necessitates predictable, efficient and fair trade environment; calls on the Commission to ensure that the pursuit of European strategic autonomy contributes to this international trade environment;

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6a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to consider the creation of a cooperative ecosystem among Member States that allows to give priority to national and European companies which keep their headquarters, their production and employment within the Union in the framework of public contracts;

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6a. Stresses the importance of the Union maintaining a secure supply of medicines and medical equipment; recalls that 76,6% of active pharmaceutical ingredients for on-patent products are already sourced from within Europe, with 11.9% from the US and only 9% from Asia (including Japan and South Korea);

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Amendment 225Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Pascal Arimont, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Sara Skyttedal, Edina Tóth, Markus Pieper, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Tomas Tobé, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Seán Kelly, Pernille Weiss


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Paragraph 6 a (new)


6a. Highlights that European competitiveness is primarily determined by the general business climate in the EU, calls therefore for the continued work to strengthen the business environment for SMEs as well as strategic industries;

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6a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote entrepreneurship in their training and educational programs as well as measures that encourage the creativity and innovation needed to face the current uncertain situation;

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Amendment 227Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Pascal Arimont, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Sara Skyttedal, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Seán Kelly, Pernille Weiss



6b. Requests the Commission to consider proposing ways to ensure that its

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supply chain network is made more resilient, and to put in place a medicine shortage risk mitigation plan to manage any vulnerabilities in and risks to the supply chain for critical medicines;

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6b. Calls on the Commission to preserve a vibrant research-based pharmaceutical industry on its territory, considering that the EU remains by far the first manufacturing region of active pharmaceutical ingredients for on-patent medicines;

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7. Highlights that, during this critical phase, the Union should protect its market in strategic sectors and block takeovers and FDI that could further increase its dependency on foreign powers;

7. Highlights that, during this critical phase, the Union should protect its market in strategic sectors and block takeovers and FDI that could further increase its dependency on foreign powers; calls on the Commission to closely monitor and provide necessary assistance in the implementation of the Regulation on the screening of foreign direct investment in order to protect access to strategic industries, infrastructure, key enabling

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technologies, or any other assets in the interests of security and cybersecurity and to safeguard competitiveness in the European Single Market; welcomes the White Paper on levelling the playing field as regards foreign subsidies and calls on the Commission to come forward with a legislative proposal in order to prevent hostiles take overs by third country companies heavily subsidised by their governments and address the distortive effects caused within the single market; requests a swift adoption of Regulation 654/2014 (Enforcement Regulation);

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Amendment 230Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler, Pascal Arimont, Antonio Tajani, Massimiliano Salini, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Sara Skyttedal, Henna Virkkunen, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Tomas Tobé, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek




7. Highlights that, during this critical phase, the Union should invest in R&I in both digitalisation and green projects, including but not limited to interconnected transport, energy, digital and water infrastructure networks as well as protect its strategic sectors by strengthening measures to scan and ultimately block takeovers and FDI in strategic sectors that could further increase its dependency on non-allied foreign actors and system rivals where the state exercises significant influence in the market; in order decrease market distorting behaviour such as protectionism and a selective, discriminatory benefit in the single

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market;

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7. Highlights that, during this critical phase, the Union should invest in R&I in both digitalisation and green projects, including but not limited to interconnected transport, energy, digital and water infrastructure networks as well as protect its strategic sectors by strengthening measures to scan and ultimately block takeovers and FDI in strategic sectors that could further increase its dependency on non-allied foreign actors and system rivals where the state exercises significant influence in the market; in order decrease market distorting behaviour such as protectionism and as elective, discriminatory benefit in the single market;

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7. Highlights that, during this critical phase, the Union should protect its market in strategic sectors and block takeovers and FDI that could further increase its

7. Highlights that, during this critical phase, the Union should protect its market in strategic sectors and block takeovers and FDI that could further increase its

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dependency on foreign powers; dependency on foreign powers; welcomes in this regard the presentation of the White paper on an Instrument on Foreign Subsidies and urges the Commission to come forward with a legislative proposal as soon as possible;

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Amendment 233Christophe Grudler, Dominique Riquet, Ivars Ijabs, Mauri Pekkarinen, Valérie Hayer, Pierre Karleskind, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Fabienne Keller, Sylvie Brunet, Andrus Ansip




7. Highlights that, during this critical phase and afterwards, the Union should better protect its market in strategic sectors, in particular by restricting access to some public procurements, introducing a European preference and European certifications for defined strategic sectors and block takeovers and FDI that could further increase its dependency on foreign powers;

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Amendment 234Nicola Danti, Katalin Cseh




7. Highlights that, during this critical phase, the Union should protect its market in strategic sectors and block takeovers and FDI that could further increase its dependency on foreign powers; welcomes

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the guidelines on the EU framework for the screening of FDI and calls on the Commission to strengthen it without delay;

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7. Highlights that, during this critical phase, the Union should protect its market and enterprises in strategic sectors and block takeovers and foreign direct and indirect investments to preserve European jobs and know-how within each specific territory and avoid further increase of its dependency on foreign powers;

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Amendment 236Robert Hajšel, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Mohammed Chahim, Josianne Cutajar, Łukasz Kohut




7. Highlights that, in this critical phase, the Union should protect its market in strategic sectors and block takeovers and FDI that could further increase its dependency on foreign powers; along with fostering energy and material efficiency to decrease dependence on imports and improve resilience to global crises;

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Amendment 237Jens Geier, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Łukasz Kohut, Nicolás González Casares, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Robert Hajšel, Carlo Calenda




7. Highlights that, during this critical phase, the Union should protect its market and value-chains in strategic sectors for the achievement of European strategic autonomy, climate-neutrality and digitalisation and block takeovers and FDI that could further increase its dependency on foreign powers;

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Amendment 238Adriana Maldonado López, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Nicolás González Casares, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Łukasz Kohut, Alicia Homs Ginel, Josianne Cutajar




7. Highlights that, during this critical phase, the Union should protect its market in strategic sectors and block takeovers and FDI that could further increase its dependency on foreign powers. For that reason, it is vital to create a minimum stock of key strategic products for the European Union;

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Amendment 239

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Fredrick Federley, Mauri Pekkarinen, Nils Torvalds, Susana Solís Pérez, Martina Dlabajová, Bart Groothuis, Morten Petersen, Nicola Beer




7. Highlights that, when an increased number of markets are concentrated around few actors, customer benefit, innovation and efficiency can be undermined; Calls for continued competition monitoring and supervision in order to secure functional, dynamic and open markets that stimulates investments;

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7. Highlights that, during this critical phase, the Union should protect its market in strategic sectors such as medical devices, cybersecurity and nickel and steel production, and if necessary block takeovers and FDI that could further increase its dependency on foreign powers;

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7. Highlights that, during this critical phase, the Union should protect its market in strategic sectors, especially for strategic metals such aluminium and steel and block takeovers and FDI that could further increase its dependency on foreign powers;

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7. Highlights that, during this critical phase, the Union should protect and extend the role of public initiative and investment especially in strategic sectors considered too important to be left to the market;

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7. Highlights that, during this critical phase, the Union should protect its market in strategic sectors by blocking hostile takeovers and FDI that could further increase its dependency on foreign powers;

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Amendment 244Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Sara Skyttedal, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Seán Kelly, Pernille Weiss



7a. Highlights that the primary tools in ensuring a proper European defence against unfair competition from third countries should be through enforcement of existing trade deals, the Trade Defensive Instruments (TDI), the Foreign Direct Investment Screening (FDI screening); Welcomes in this regard the publication of the White Paper on an Instrument on Foreign Subsidies by the Commission, ensuring the level playing field of the single market; stresses that these four tools can be effective and additionally does not distort the single market and competition inside the EU and should thus be considered as a starting point preferable to other methods to address unfair competition from third countries;

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7a. Recognizes the importance of the Unions competition policy as a key driver of EU competitiveness; calls for a review of the definition of markets so as to allow

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for a more realistic and dynamic application of the rules; further, emphasizes the need to ensure sufficient speed, transparency and proportionate in the administrative and procedural framework of EU competition proceedings, particularly in EU merger control; underlines the importance of effective leniency policy for antitrust infringements;

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7a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to preserve a strong research-based pharmaceutical industry on the EU territory and to address in its next pharmaceutical and industrial strategies measures focused on ensuring that Europe ‘‘remains an innovator and world leader’’, as outlined in President von der Leyen’s mission letter to Commissioner for health Stella Kyriakides;

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Amendment 247Christophe Grudler, Dominique Riquet, Ivars Ijabs, Mauri Pekkarinen, Valérie Hayer, Susana Solís Pérez, Dragoș Pîslaru, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Nicola Danti, Fabienne Keller, Sylvie Brunet, Andrus Ansip



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7a. Calls for a rapid reform of European competition policy to enable the creation of European leaders in the global market; considers urgent for the Union to review its definition of the relevant market, which must be analysed at global level so that it no longer constitutes a barrier to the global competitiveness of our industries;

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7a. Stresses that in order to maintain a level playing field, its food sovereignty and sustainable practices, the EU must ensure that sensitive and essential sectors are not used as a bargaining chip in the negotiations of future trade agreements;

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7b. Emphasis that the leadership of European Industries in key sectors should be maintained and developed, especially for those that proved to be vital during the

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COVID-19 pandemic, such as health and the food sector;

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Amendment 250Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Henna Virkkunen, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Pernille Weiss



8. Is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should help to create new ambitious and innovative European industrial projects which go hand in hand with the current revision of the guidelines for ‘Important Projects of Common European Interest’ (IPCEI), in order to encourage the emergence of European leaders in strategic industrial sectors that are capable of competing on a global scale;

8. Welcomes the ambition to create lead markets in clean technologies and is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should strengthen our strategic autonomy, without eroding trust in market openness and access, as well as freedom of choice, through increased technological capacity, diversified global value chains and entrepreneurial spirit creating a new ambitious, creative and innovative environment for European business and industrial projects to be created and grow; considers funding in research and innovation essential as a basis for innovative industrial projects and digital capabilities and believes this should go hand in hand with the current analysis by the Commission of the guidelines for ‘Important Projects of Common European Interest’ (IPCEI),in order to encourage the speeding up of European leaders and/or ecosystems in strategic industrial sectors, including energy intensive industries, that the market alone cannot provide and that are capable of competing on a global scale without creating competition distortions in the EU; calls on the Commission to invest in projects bringing clear European visibility; calls on the Commission, in the

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current crisis, to simplify administrative processes, extend the criteria for cost eligibility, and increase funding;

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Amendment 251Christophe Grudler, Dominique Riquet, Ivars Ijabs, Mauri Pekkarinen, Valérie Hayer, Dragoș Pîslaru, Susana Solís Pérez, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Nicola Danti, Fabienne Keller, Sylvie Brunet, Andrus Ansip




8. Is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should help to create new ambitious and innovative European industrial projects which go hand in hand with the current revision of the guidelines for ‘Important Projects of Common European Interest’ (IPCEI), in order to encourage the emergence of European leaders in strategic industrial sectors that are capable of competing on a global scale and to facilitate the participation of SMEs in future IPCEIs; calls on the Commission to consider a revision of its 2014 guidelines to include the resilience of strategic value chains in the common European interest and European sovereignty in strategic areas as criteria for defining IPCEIs; calls in particular for the health value chain to be swiftly structured within an IPCEI covering health products essential to fighting ongoing and future sanitary crises (PPEs, MDs, antibiotics, vaccines…) as well as innovative health products (biotechnologies, e-health);

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Amendment 252

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Patrizia Toia




8. Is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should help to create new ambitious and innovative European industrial projects which go hand in hand with the current revision of the guidelines for ‘Important Projects of Common European Interest’ (IPCEI), in order to encourage the emergence of European leaders and to strengthen well-structured supply chains in strategic industrial sectors that are capable of competing on a global scale; in this regard, recalls the recommendations of the Strategic Forum on Important Projects of Common European Interest on six Strategic Value Chains - Connected, clean and autonomous vehicles; Hydrogen technologies and systems; Smart health; Industrial Internet of Things; Low-carbon industry; Cybersecurity - that complement the already identified strategic value chains for batteries, microelectronics and high-performance computing;

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8. Is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should help to create new ambitious and innovative European industrial projects which go hand in hand with the current revision of the guidelines

8. Is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should help to create new ambitious and innovative European industrial projects fully in line with the net-zero GHG objective and the European

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for ‘Important Projects of Common European Interest’ (IPCEI), in order to encourage the emergence of European leaders in strategic industrial sectors that are capable of competing on a global scale;

Green Deal and going hand in hand with the current revision of the guidelines for ‘Important Projects of Common European Interest’ (IPCEI), in order to encourage the emergence of European leaders in strategic industrial sectors that are capable of competing on a global scale; calls on the Commission to define an investment prioritisation list, outlining which technologies can contribute to achieving EU objectives and have to be scaled up and which technologies should be excluded, including in particular fossil fuel technologies and projects;

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8. Is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should support the most innovative, sustainable and competitive sectors and help create new ambitious cutting-edge European industrial projects and industrial alliances, which go hand in hand with the current revision of the guidelines for Important Project of Common European interest (IPCEIs),in order to ensure their compliance with the Union’s climate and environmental goals, with specific consideration of the EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy, and increased transparency in their implementation, with the overall goal of fostering the emergence of European leaders in strategic industrial sectors that are sustainable and capable of competing on a global scale;

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Amendment 255François-Xavier Bellamy




8. Is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should help to create new ambitious and innovative European industrial projects which go hand in hand with the current revision of the guidelines for ‘Important Projects of Common European Interest’ (IPCEI), in order to encourage the emergence of European leaders in strategic industrial sectors that are capable of competing on a global scale; calls as such for the Commission to consider a revision of its 2014 guidelines to include the resilience of strategic value chains in the common European interest and strategic autonomy in strategic areas as criteria for defining IPCEIs;

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Amendment 256Jens Geier, Petra Kammerevert, Victor Negrescu, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Łukasz Kohut, Nicolás González Casares, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Robert Hajšel, Massimiliano Smeriglio



8. Is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should help to create new ambitious and innovative European industrial projects which go hand in hand with the current revision of the guidelines for ‘Important Projects of Common European Interest’ (IPCEI), in order to encourage the emergence of European

8. Is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should support the most innovative and competitive sectors and help to create new ambitious, sustainable and innovative European industrial projects in line with the Union policy priorities such as the fight against climate change which go hand in hand with the current

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leaders in strategic industrial sectors that are capable of competing on a global scale;

revision of the guidelines for ‘Important Projects of Common European Interest’ (IPCEI), in order to encourage the emergence of European leaders in strategic industrial sectors that are sustainable, increase the European employment level and are capable of competing on a global scale;

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8. Is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should help to create new ambitious and innovative European industrial projects which go hand in hand with the current revision of the guidelines for ‘Important Projects of Common European Interest’ (IPCEI), in order to encourage the emergence of European leaders in strategic industrial sectors that are capable of competing on a global scale; stresses the need to create transparent conditions of application for joint projects of IPCEI that would be uniform in all Members States in order to ensure that they serve the benefit of the EU as a whole;

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Amendment 258Antonio Tajani, Salvatore De Meo, Massimiliano Salini


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8. Is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should help to create new ambitious and innovative European industrial projects which go hand in hand with the current revision of the guidelines for ‘Important Projects of Common European Interest’ (IPCEI), in order to encourage the emergence of European leaders in strategic industrial sectors that are capable of competing on a global scale; call on the Commission to continue the work on value chains by ensuring an adequate follow-up to the actions proposed for the six strategic value chains identified by the Strategic Forum on IPCEI;

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Amendment 259Fredrick Federley, Mauri Pekkarinen, Nils Torvalds, Bart Groothuis, Morten Petersen, Nicola Beer




8. Is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should help to create new ambitious and innovative European industrial projects which go hand in hand with the current revision of the guidelines for ‘Important Projects of Common European Interest’ (IPCEI), in order to encourage the emergence of European leaders in strategic industrial sectors that are capable of competing on a global scale; underlines that IPCEI is a tool to overcome market failure which should be used with care and based on strict criteria so as not to distort competition on the Single Market;

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Amendment 260Marc Botenga, Cornelia Ernst, Marisa Matiason behalf of the GUE/NGL Group




8. Is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should help to create new ambitious and innovative European industrial projects which go hand in hand with the current revision of the guidelines for ‘Important Projects of Common European Interest’ (IPCEI), in order to encourage the emergence of European leaders in strategic industrial sectors that are capable of competing on a global scale; considers that fossil gas should not be considered as a transition energy and therefore should not receive any public money;

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Amendment 261Marc Botenga, Sira Regoon behalf of the GUE/NGL Group



8. Is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should help to create new ambitious and innovative European industrial projects which go hand in hand with the current revision of the guidelines for ‘Important Projects of Common European Interest’ (IPCEI), in order to encourage the emergence of European

8. Is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should help to create new ambitious and innovative European industrial projects which go hand in hand with the current revision of the guidelines for ‘Important Projects of Common European Interest’ (IPCEI);

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leaders in strategic industrial sectors that are capable of competing on a global scale;

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8. Is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should help to create new ambitious and innovative European industrial projects which go hand in hand with the current revision of the guidelines for ‘Important Projects of Common European Interest’ (IPCEI), in order to encourage the emergence of European leaders in strategic industrial sectors that are capable of competing on a global scale and that will contribute to achieving a climate-neutral, renewable-based energy system;

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Amendment 263Christian Ehler



8. Is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should help to create new ambitious and innovative European industrial projects which go hand in hand with the current revision of the guidelines for ‘Important Projects of Common European Interest’ (IPCEI), in order to

8. Is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should help to create new ambitious and innovative European industrial projects which go hand in hand with the current revision of the guidelines for ‘Important Projects of Common European Interest’ (IPCEI), in order to

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encourage the emergence of European leaders in strategic industrial sectors that are capable of competing on a global scale;

encourage the emergence of European leaders in strategic industrial sectors that are capable of competing on a global scale; calls on the Commission to invest in projects bringing clear European visibility;

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Amendment 264Aldo Patriciello




8. Is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should help creating new ambitious and innovative European industrial projects, which go hand in hand with the current revision of the guidelines for Major European Projects of Common Interest (MEPCIs) in order to encourage the emergence of European leaders in strategic industrial sectors that are capable of competing on a global scale and that will contribute to achieving a climate-neutral, renewable-based energy system;

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Amendment 265Nicolás González Casares, Adriana Maldonado López, Łukasz Kohut, Carlos Zorrinho, Tsvetelina Penkova, Alicia Homs Ginel, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques



8. Is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should help to create new ambitious and innovative European

8. Is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should help to create new ambitious and innovative European

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industrial projects which go hand in hand with the current revision of the guidelines for ‘Important Projects of Common European Interest’ (IPCEI), in order to encourage the emergence of European leaders in strategic industrial sectors that are capable of competing on a global scale;

industrial projects which go hand in hand with the current revision of the guidelines for ‘Important Projects of Common European Interest’ (IPCEI), in order to encourage the emergence of European leaders in strategic industrial sectors that are capable of competing on a global scale and contribute to achieving the climate neutrality and the digital leadership;

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8. Is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should help to create new ambitious and innovative European industrial projects which go hand in hand with the current revision of the guidelines for ‘Important Projects of Common European Interest’ (IPCEI), in order to encourage the emergence of European flagships in strategic industrial sectors that are capable of competing on a global scale;

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Amendment 267Grzegorz Tobiszowskion behalf of the ECR GroupZdzisław Krasnodębski, Beata Szydło, Elżbieta Kruk, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Pietro Fiocchi, Izabela-Helena Kloc



8a. Expresses concern with the delays

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in the implementation of energy projects caused by disruption of supply chains and shifting investment funds to achieve immediate goals related to fighting the pandemic and alleviating its most acute socio-economic impacts, that could negatively impact targets enshrined in the EU’s climate and energy policy; expresses opinion that current situation is proving that while planning the recovery from the crisis Europe needs to strengthen the resilience of its economy and supply chains to external shocks and to increase technological sovereignty in strategic sectors; calls therefore to recognise wind , solar and energy storage technologies as strategic value chains and to prepare measures and stimuli for their development in Europe, including through reshoring, in particular, to include them in the work of the High-Level Forum on IPCEI, to support the role of local content in the RES supply chain and legislation, to study feasibility to launch relevant IPCEIs in these sectors, to adapt State Aid regulatory framework to encourage public support for them, and to ensure a level-playing field for EU and non-EU manufactures;

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Amendment 268Christophe Grudler, Dominique Riquet, Ivars Ijabs, Mauri Pekkarinen, Valérie Hayer, Dragoș Pîslaru, Susana Solís Pérez, Martina Dlabajová, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Nicola Danti, Fredrick Federley, Fabienne Keller, Sylvie Brunet, Andrus Ansip



8a. Welcomes the launch by the Commission of new industrial Alliances which have demonstrated their potential added value for EU competitiveness; Calls on the Commission to launch more new

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Alliances in the sectors of space, aeronautic health, critical raw materials, and renewable energies, medical equipment, medical personal protective equipment and vital pharmaceutical production for lowering EU dependence on import from third countries;

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8a. Calls on the Commission to further improve measures to prevent imbalances in the European industrial supply chains and to assess the entity of disruptions in cross-border value-chains where unfair trading practices put at risk some of their links;

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8a. encourages the Commission to further support the six strategic value chains for the UE identified by the European Strategic Forum on IPCEI and recommends to substantially increase R&D&I financing for climate-related policy in these sectors;

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Amendment 271Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek



8a. Stresses the importance of additive manufacturing technologies for solving the supply chain gaps, by allowing the substitution of critical parts of global sources with locally produced parts and calls the Commission to allocate necessary funding;

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8a. Asks the Commission to ensure the effectiveness of the proposed ‘alliance structures’ by establishing minimum criteria and elements for their target setting, regular monitoring and evaluation;

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Amendment 273

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Grzegorz Tobiszowskion behalf of the ECR GroupZdzisław Krasnodębski, Evžen Tošenovský, Beata Szydło, Elżbieta Kruk, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Pietro Fiocchi, Izabela-Helena Kloc



8b. Recalls that the European climate and energy policy will require high volumes of metals and minerals for its strategic technologies, including wind, solar, energy storage technologies; expresses concern that Europe is highly reliant on other areas of world for its supply of many of these metals and minerals, and is gradually losing its global share even for the materials where it does have industrial capacity; stresses that Europe’s autonomy in strategic sectors cannot be achieved without competitive and sustainable EU ecosystem for base, precious and critical materials from primary and secondary sources; underlines in this respect the significance of Circular Economy Action Plan and stresses however that Europe needs to boost its capacity for all stages of the raw materials value chain: mining, recycling, and smelting, refining and transformation;

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Amendment 274Christophe Grudler, Dominique Riquet, Ivars Ijabs, Mauri Pekkarinen, Valérie Hayer, Dragoș Pîslaru, Susana Solís Pérez, Pierre Karleskind, Martina Dlabajová, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Nicola Danti, Fredrick Federley, Fabienne Keller, Sylvie Brunet, Bart Groothuis, Andrus Ansip



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8b. Considers innovation as the key driver for economic recovery and growth; Highlights that funding in research and innovation is essentials in this recovery phase; Calls on the Commission to encourage the pooling of resources on research and innovation on an EU-wide scale, increase entrepreneurial spirit and create a new ambitious, creative and innovative environment for European business and industrial projects;

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8c. Welcomes the announcement of Critical Raw Materials Action Plan and Alliance, envisaged by the industrial strategy; expresses opinion that the scope of the Alliance should not be limited to critical raw materials and should be aimed at development of integrated ecosystem for the range of materials, metals, and minerals required for energy transition;

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Amendment 276Christophe Grudler, Dominique Riquet, Ivars Ijabs, Mauri Pekkarinen, Valérie Hayer, Dragoș Pîslaru, Susana Solís Pérez, Martina Dlabajová, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Nicola Danti, Fredrick Federley, Fabienne Keller, Sylvie Brunet, Bart Groothuis, Andrus Ansip


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Paragraph 8 c (new)


8c. Welcomes the Industrial Forum initiative of the Commission; calls on the Commission to ensure a continuous dialogue as well as an effective and fully transparent governance approach that oversees implementation and stimulates synergies between regulations, instruments and private funding;

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Amendment 277Grzegorz Tobiszowskion behalf of the ECR GroupZdzisław Krasnodębski, Beata Szydło, Elżbieta Kruk, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Pietro Fiocchi, Evžen Tošenovský, Izabela-Helena Kloc, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolutionParagraph 8 d (new)


8d. Draws attention that European raw materials value chain and energy intensive industries meet the highest environmental and social standards and that the politics of decarbonisation is forcing them to undertake an enormous effort of industrial electrification and gasification; points out in this regard to the necessity to ensure a level playing field and fair trade conditions, particularly at a time of pandemic crisis when European companies are at their weakest and recovering non-European economies are having a strong rationale to oversupply global market or engage in strategic stockpiling; expresses particular concerns over European steel industry which already challenging situation was compounded by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic; regrets the failure of Global Forum of Steel Excess Capacity

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to tackle efficiently the problem of global overcapacity and subsidised export and calls on the Commission to consider application of trade defence instruments where necessary;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 9 – introductory part


9. Considers the Recovery Fund (hereinafter ‘the Fund’) to be the pillar of the first phase: the EU’s industrial recovery from COVID-19; calls on the Commission to ensure that the fund is implemented swiftly and:

9. Calls for an effective frontloading of the € 750 bn European Recovery Instrument; considers it as insufficient to ensure a full recovery and transformation of the European economy; stresses that the recovery investment will have long-term benefits to the extent that the investments are in environmental and social resilience; demands that Parliament be involved in the shaping, adoption and implementation of the recovery fund, and that it be at the centre of the decision-making process to ensure democratic accountability; calls on the Commission to ensure that the fund is implemented swiftly and:

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 9 – introductory part


9. Considers the Recovery Fund 9. Welcomes the presentation of Next

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(hereinafter ‘the Fund’) to be the pillar of the first phase: the EU’s industrial recovery from COVID-19; calls on the Commission to ensure that the fund is implemented swiftly and:

Generation EU as the pillar of EU recovery from COVID-19; Recognize the need to support a green and resilient recovery; calls on the Commission to ensure that the fund is implemented swiftly and:

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 9 – point a


a. has sufficient financial capacity to offset the damage caused by the COVID-19 crisis to European industries;

a. has sufficient financial capacity to offset the damage caused by the COVID-19 crisis to European industries to mitigate the short-term working capital shortage and to push forward capital investment in the medium and long-term in order to support the transition to the green economy and catalyse the digital transformation;

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a. has sufficient financial capacity to offset the damage caused by the COVID-19 crisis to European industries and to engine their ecological and sustainable digital transformation;

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a. has sufficient financial capacity;

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a. has sufficient financial capacity to offset the damage caused by the COVID-19 crisis and advance the digital and ecological transformation of European industries;

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Amendment 284Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Sara Skyttedal, Henna Virkkunen, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Pernille Weiss


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a. is temporary, targeted and has sufficient financial capacity to help offset the damage caused by the COVID-19 crisis to European industries;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 9 – point a a (new)


aa. disposes of social and environmental conditionality and is subject to climate, environmental, including biodiversity, and social sustainability proofing with a view to minimise detrimental impacts and maximise benefits on climate, environment and social dimension;

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aa. foresee targets for investments in environmental and social resilience and for the transition towards a highly energy and resource-efficient, fully renewable-based, net-zero GHG, toxic-free and sustainably digitalised industrial base;

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aa. has a specific focus on small and medium enterprises, which have been hit the hardest by the COVID-19 crisis, and support their access to finance;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 9 – point b


b. will be managed directly, when possible, by the Commission through European programmes in order to avoid further distortion of the single market;

b. will be managed, when possible, by the Commission and allocated as a priority on the basis of local and national projects and applications, meeting the criteria for allocation provided by the Fund in order to avoid further distortion of the internal market;

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Amendment 289Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Pascal Arimont, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Henna Virkkunen, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Pernille Weiss

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b. will be managed directly, when possible, by the Commission through European programmes in order to maximise transparency and parliamentary control, as well as, avoid internal and external distortion and disruptions of the single market;

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b. will be managed directly, when possible, by the Commission through European programmes in order to move forward in a more coordinated way, to better impact the global market and to avoid the risk of distortion of the single market;

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b. will be managed directly, when possible, by the Commission through

b. will be managed directly, when possible, by the Commission through

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European programmes in order to avoid further distortion of the single market;

European programmes in order to avoid further distortion of the single market and provide a clearer perception to European citizens of the Union role in this phase;

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b. will be compliant with the subsidiarity principle with the Commission acting through existing and new European programmes in order to avoid further distortion of the single market;

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b. will be managed directly, when possible, by the Commission through European programmes, preferably in form of grants, in order to avoid further distortion of the single market;

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b. will be managed directly, when possible, by the Commission through European programmes and the use of grants in order to avoid further distortion of the single market;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 9 – point b a (new)


ba. takes into account the specificities of the Member States, which have been hit by the crisis in diverse ways;

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Amendment 296Clara Ponsatí Obiols

Motion for a resolutionParagraph 9 – point c


c. distributes the financial aid among the different industrial sectors according to the damage suffered, the challenges faced and the amount of national financial support already received through national

c. distributes the financial aid among the different industrial sectors according to the damage suffered, the challenges faced and the amount of national financial support already received through national

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aid schemes; aid schemes, with scrutiny of the incentives induced, aiming to prevent strategic miss-investment by Member States;

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c. distributes the financial aid among the different industrial sectors according to the damage suffered, the challenges faced and the amount of national financial support already received through national aid schemes;

c. distributes the financial aid among the different industrial ecosystems according to the damage suffered, the challenges faced and the amount of national financial support already received through national aid schemes taking into account the structural interdependencies between the different value chains;

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c. distribuya la ayuda financiera entre los distintos sectores industriales en función de los daños sufridos, los retos a que se enfrentan y el importe de la ayuda financiera nacional ya recibida a través de regímenes de ayuda nacionales;

c. distribuya la ayuda financiera entre los distintos sectores industriales en función de los daños sufridos y sus consecuencias para los próximos años, los retos a que se enfrentan y el importe de la ayuda financiera nacional ya recibida a través de regímenes de ayuda nacionales;

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c. distributes the financial aid among the different industrial sectors, including micro-enterprises and SMEs, according to the damage suffered, the challenges faced and the amount of national financial support already received through national aid schemes;

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Amendment 300Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Sara Skyttedal, Henna Virkkunen, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Pernille Weiss




c. is conditional to criteria that ensure that funding is not used to pay-off old debts or sustain outdated technology and ensures that companies are supported which contribute to long-term growth and have strong potential to revive the economy;

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Amendment 301Marc Botenga, Cornelia Ernst, Marisa Matias, Giorgos Georgiou, Sandra Pereira

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c. distributes the financial aid among the different industrial sectors according to the damage suffered, the social impact, the challenges faced and the amount of national financial support already received through national aid schemes;

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c. distributes the financial aid among the different countries and industrial sectors according to the damage suffered, the challenges faced and the amount of national financial support already received through national aid schemes;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 9 – point c a (new)


ca. takes into account the lessons learnt from previous public support in response to the 2008/09 financial and

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economic crisis and its impact on resilience and long-term economic and social recovery; accordingly, funnels recovery spending to high-multiplier, climate-friendly sectors that will contribute to the EU’s future economic resilience;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 9 – point c a (new)


ca. La Comisión deberá estudiar la posibilidad de apoyar a sectores industriales estratégicos a través de mecanismos temporales que apoyen la renovación de flota en la transición verde y digital (transporte marítimo, terrestre y aéreo);

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Amendment 305Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Henna Virkkunen, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek

Motion for a resolutionParagraph 9 – point d


d. supports national fiscal schemes that incentivise private sector equity investment and allow companies to convert part of the loans given by the Fund into equity;

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d. supports national fiscal schemes that incentivise private sector equity investment and allow companies to convert part of the loans given by the Fund into equity;

d. supports national schemes that incentivise private sector equity investment in concrete industrial projects;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 9 – point d a (new)


da. gives preference to direct public investments in essential sectors and public owned companies;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 9 – point e

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e. gives preference to companies and SMEs that focus their business plans on digital and environmental transformation;

e. gives preference to companies and SMEs that focus their long-term business plans on digital and environmental transformation, while avoiding discrimination of companies in emergency that are not ready to carry out these innovations at the moment and concentrate their efforts on other type of investments, more urgent in crisis situation;

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Amendment 309Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Henna Virkkunen, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek




e. gives preference to companies and SMEs with business plans on key innovations and technologies including to advance the digital and environmental transformation and helps make our supply chains more resilient and less dependent by reshoring, diversifying and strengthening them;

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e. allocates dedicated funding to SMEs and start-ups that focus their operations and business plans on the digital and ecological transformations, in particular enhanced circularity, resource and energy efficiency and savings and a switch to renewables;

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Amendment 311Christophe Grudler, Dominique Riquet, Ivars Ijabs, Mauri Pekkarinen, Valérie Hayer, Bernard Guetta, Fabienne Keller, Sylvie Brunet, Katalin Cseh, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Nicola Danti, Stéphane Bijoux, Andrus Ansip




e. gives preference to companies and SMEs that focus their business plans on digital and environmental transformation or that are necessary for the autonomy strategic of the Union in critical sectors;

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e. gives preference to companies, micro-enterprises and SMEs that are most in need of direct financial support following the economic setback caused by the pandemic;

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e. foresees dedicated funding for SMEs that focus their business plans on ecological and sustainable digital transformations and economic circularity;

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e. gives preference to companies and SMEs whose raison d’être is digital and environmental transformation;

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Amendment 315Tiemo Wölken, Carlo Calenda

Motion for a resolutionParagraph 9 – point e a (new)


ea. gives preference to companies who commit to transparency, namely public country-by-country reporting, have put in place systems for the participation of workers in company matters, and respect

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their non-financial reporting obligations;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 9 – point e a (new)


ea. makes funding to large companies conditional on those companies having credible plans to transition to a zero-GHG emission business model;

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Amendment 317Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Henna Virkkunen, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek

Motion for a resolutionParagraph 9 – point f


f. strengthens the EIB guarantees programme and makes it complementary to national programmes in order to strengthen the impact and to progressively replace national schemes;

f. strengthens the EIB guarantees programme and makes it complementary to national programmes in order to strengthen the impact;

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f. strengthens the EIB guarantees programme and makes it complementary to national programmes in order to strengthen their impact on the ground;

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f. strengthens the EIB guarantees programme and makes it complementary to national programmes in order to be a valuable addition where national schemes remain necessary;

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Amendment 320Jens Geier, Petra Kammerevert, Victor Negrescu, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Łukasz Kohut, Nicolás González Casares, Massimiliano Smeriglio, Lina Gálvez Muñoz

Motion for a resolutionParagraph 9 – point f a (new)


fa. contributes to investments in the European education and training systems with the aim to harness the full potential of education for the sustainability and competitiveness of the European

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industries;

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Amendment 321Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Pascal Arimont, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Eva Maydell, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Pernille Weiss



fa. mitigates any distortive effects on different state aid policies in different Member States and contributes to a level playing field on the internal market;

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Amendment 322Robert Hajšel, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Mohammed Chahim, Josianne Cutajar, Łukasz Kohut, Niels Fuglsang, Carlos Zorrinho



fa. channels funding to high-multiplier, climate-friendly sectors that will contribute to the EU’s future economic resilience;

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Paragraph 9 – point f a (new)


fa. does not undermine the EU’s ambitions as regards the implementation of its policies through the multiannual financial framework;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 9 – point f b (new)


fb. deems all production chains to be ecosystems;

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Amendment 325Tom Berendsenon behalf of the EPP GroupIvan Štefanec, Angelika Niebler, Sven Schulze, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Edina Tóth, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Tomas Tobé, François-Xavier Bellamy, Maria Spyraki, Jerzy Buzek, Pernille Weiss



9a. Urges the Commission to consider a new governance model for identifying, amending or phasing out policy and financial support measures for industrial ecosystems should be introduced; highlights that such a governance structure should maintain a bottom-up approach with involvement of industry, inspired by the work of the Strategic

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Forum for Strategic Value Chains; stresses that, the governance model should however also include the COMPE to ensure buy-in from Member States as well as political accountability; welcomes in this regard the Industrial Forum initiative of the Commission; calls on the Commission to ensure a continuous dialogue as well as an effective and fully transparent governance approach that oversees implementation and stimulates synergies between regulations, instruments and private funding;

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