Translation of "Automotive Industry Part 1 Overview and Perspectives " (English → French) :

Automotive Industry: Part 1: Overview and Perspectives

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In Steiermark, in Austria, the provincial government overhauled its development strategy in 1996 and created a cluster network linking various parts of the automotive industry, which proved effective.

The eSafety initiative is part of the Commission comprehensive strategy for improving road safety and transport efficiency in Europe, at the same time maintaining and improving the competitiveness of the industries involved, most notably the automotive sector.

1. Welcomes the Action Plan for the automotive industry and notes the strategic importance of the automotive industry to the European economy, which represents around 12 million direct and indirect jobs, delivers a sizeable positive contribution to the EU trade balance of some EUR 90 billion (in 2011), attracts the highest private spending on research and innovation (circa EUR 30 billion in ...[+++] 2010), and acts as an essential driver for technological innovation; stresses that an ambitious European industrial policy, with a strong emphasis on local employment and the development of green technologies, is a necessary lever for a job-intensive recovery and for boosting sustainable growth; stresses that the European car industry needs a renewal strategy directed towards more sustainable cars, as part of a greener transport system;

6. Emphasises that the production and finishing of vehicles as an industrial product are at the end of a value chain of European supplier industries, including small and medium-sized component suppliers, and that these upstream industries play an important role in the development of the automotive industry and are confronted by the same European-level and global challenges; points out that the European automotive suppliers, including SMEs, are often key innovators, thereby stimulating the development of European vehicles of the future, and also create an important market for spare ...[+++]parts; regrets the difficulties experienced by some SMEs in the supply sector in making use of Union programmes and funding, and calls for easier access, also through the Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs (COSME) programme;