Presidente. – L'ordine del giorno reca, in discussione congiunta,

- la dichiarazione della Commissione sullo stato dell'Unione delle PMI [2021/2709(RSP)], e

- la dichiarazione della Commissione sull'attuazione dell'agenda "Legiferare meglio" - obiettivo di riduzione degli oneri amministrativi [2021/2710(RSP)].

Ricordo agli onorevoli deputati che anche in queste discussioni non è prevista la procedura "catch-the-eye", né saranno accettate domande "cartellino blu".

Inoltre, come è avvenuto durante le ultime tornate, sono previsti interventi a distanza dagli Uffici di collegamento del Parlamento nei vari Stati membri.

Saluto il Commissario Schinas per la sua presenza in Aula e gli do la parola per iniziare la discussione sullo stato dell'Unione delle piccole e medie imprese.

  Nicolas Schmit, membre de la Commission. – Monsieur le Président, honorables membres, je ne suis pas le commissaire Schinas, je ne suis pas le commissaire Breton, mais ce dernier m’a demandé de le remplacer puisqu’il est engagé dans des négociations importantes en relation avec les vaccins, donc vous comprenez tout à fait qu’il ne puisse pas être parmi nous.

Je le fais avec d’autant plus de plaisir que, en tant que commissaire en charge de l’emploi, je sais que les petites et moyennes entreprises jouent un rôle fondamental dans la création d’emplois, surtout dans le contexte de la relance.

Mr President, I would like to express my gratitude to the European Parliament for its strong support to SMEs, earlier reports on the topic and for putting the state of European SMEs on the agenda. Since the beginning of its mandate, this Commission has put SMEs high on the agenda. The President, already in her first speech before this Parliament, committed to a new SME strategy, and we published it within the first 100 days, shortly after the world plunged into a pandemic and an unprecedented crisis that hit SMEs hard.

The SME Performance Review shows that across the EU, value added in SMEs fell by 7.6% in 2020. 1.4 million SME jobs were lost. At all stages, our support to SMEs has been, and remains, central in the short term to facilitate immediate relief, in the long term to stimulate the recovery. We have approved state-aid measures allowed under the Treaty in special circumstances. This enabled a rapid response to companies’ liquidity needs, thus avoiding further layoffs and bankruptcies. We reinforced lending to SMEs with EUR one billion from the EU budget in order to help 100 000 European businesses and leverage EUR eight billion of financing.

The demand to use these products was unprecedented across the European Union. The COVID Guarantee Fund by the EIB Group is expected to mobilise up to EUR 200 billion in financing for European companies, mostly SMEs.

The SME Strategy remains our compass for the long-term recovery. Its priorities – digitalisation, sustainability and resilience – have only gained in importance. All 33 actions of the SME Strategy have started. The Recovery and Resilience Facility gives a major boost to the strategy. Member States are proposing reforms and investments that will benefit SMEs, such as for digitalisation, upskilling and vocational training, as well as through public procurement opportunities. We are now in the process of assessing the national plans.

SMEs and start-ups should benefit from a stronger single market, increased resilience and the accelerated green and digital transitions, fostering SMEs’ potential for quality job creation. This is why SME dimension is strongly present in the updated industrial strategy.

Let me give you an overview of the key actions, starting with the twin transition. First, digitalisation. Digitalisation is a key enabler. By 2030 we want 90% of SMEs to reach at least a basic level of digital intensity and 75% of companies to use cloud, AI and big data. We will support SMEs along the way close to their home. Their access points will be local European digital innovation hubs, the European Enterprise Network and industrial clusters. Together they will provide advice and lead any small company to specialised testing and experimentation to help deploy innovative products and services.

Data is raw material for new business models. We work on making sure SME data is more secure and we incentivise data sharing and we reuse, while preserving our values and ensuring fair access to data for SMEs.

Let me turn to the Green Deal. This is Europe’s growth strategy, and we should make sure that SMEs benefit from it. Start-ups and scale-ups offering clean tech solutions are facing a deployment challenge. To this end, we are developing a digital clean tech investment initiative to pool European, national and private funding for scaling up businesses in this area. We also look at hydrogen solutions – batteries’ life cycle, carbon capture solutions, device repair and refurbishment and electro-mobility – as business opportunities for SMEs. Setting rules that allow for technological advances and market entry for smaller companies is essential. That is also why we prepare the Intellectual Property Action Plan and offer IP vouchers for SMEs.

Access to finance is key. SMEs will need to make substantial investments at times where many of them are short of liquidity. A dedicated SME window under InvestEU could trigger EUR 45 billion of investment in more than 170 000 SMEs by 2023.

The Commission is also expanding support for scale-up capital and for initial public offerings to provide finance across all stages of an SME’s life, from start-ups to growth and to exits to public markets. Finally, let us not forget our Structural Funds, Horizon Europe and the European Defence Fund, with its built-in incentives and considerable resources to attract SMEs. I would just add also the European Social Fund+.

A resilient and SME-friendly business environment is important. In that context, financial support alone is not enough. We also need the right framework conditions in which SMEs can prosper and fully benefit from the single market as their launchpad for growth. Not being paid on time can be an existential matter for SMEs, in particular in crisis times. The Commission is improving the effectiveness of the Late Payment Directive and monitoring SMEs’ liquidity through a new late payment observatory.

Digital, green, innovative and socially-responsible procurement creates opportunities for SMEs. The Public Procurement Directives have considerably lowered the administrative burden for SMEs. Procurement eForms have introduced an SME-friendly label. It allows SMEs to spot specific business opportunities easily.

Collaboration can boost SME performance. The important projects of common European interest, as well as industrial alliances and partnerships, will see increased participation of SMEs and start-ups.

Let me now touch upon an important topic for this debate: the regulatory burden. Reducing this burden remains a key priority. The Better Regulation communication reinforces our commitment to evidence-based policymaking through improved consultations with stakeholders, better analysis of impacts, and a strong attention to efficient regulation. The ‘one-in-one-out’ principle allows us to better address cumulative burden.

SMEs often experience burden more strongly than other companies do. This is why our Better Regulation efforts take into account the need to foster small business recovery and build their resilience. We will reinforce the SME test and complement it with the SME filter to identify those initiatives with significant impact on SMEs at a very early stage in the preparatory process. Careful assessment of the impacts on SMEs will ensure that our action is targeted, achieves its objectives and does not add unnecessary costs.

Finally, SMEs need a strong voice in EU policymaking. The pandemic has hit SMEs across the industrial ecosystems in an unprecedented way. At the same time, SMEs will be the key to green and digital recovery. That is why we will reflect further on how to best design the mandate and role of the next European SME Envoy and how to structure the work of the network of the National SME Envoys to make sure our actions are anchored locally and respond to the realities and needs of small businesses.

While the Commission shares the SME community’s eagerness to appoint an SME Envoy, we have decided to take some extra time to conclude the appointment. Let me assure you there is no void in the interim. The Network of SME Envoys is operating at full speed across borders and is chaired in the interim by the deputy EU SME Envoy.

To conclude, supporting and embracing small businesses is both necessary and vital to recovery and twin transactions. It will take a concerted effort for all of us, and I know the European Parliament shares this sense of urgency, and I count on our continued and effective cooperation, our joint objective of promoting SMEs in the European economy.

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  Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, au nom du groupe PPE. – Monsieur le Président, je suis heureux d’être ici à Strasbourg et de participer au débat sur les petites et moyennes entreprises, qui représentent la colonne vertébrale de l’industrie européenne.

SMEs make up 90% of European businesses. Around 60% of all enterprises today are family—run businesses and provide up to 50% of all private sector jobs in the European Union. Yet SMEs remain particularly vulnerable. They still find it hard to deal with administrative burdens, to access finance, to operate across internal borders and, even more so, to export outside the Union. Moreover, the current pandemic has also had an impact on SMEs. In addition to its impact on public health, COVID—19 has caused a major impact and massive dislocation among small businesses. The impact has also varied across sectors, with retail, arts and entertainment, personal services, food services and tourism on the one hand, versus businesses that were better able to move to digital or remote methods on the other.

The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), which I chair, and the PPE Group, which I represent, ask for a more ambitious and comprehensive European industrial policy and an SME policy that is easy to implement and that will enable our SMEs to thrive and scale up where possible. The SME dimension is at the core of the updated industrial strategy. However, more needs to be done.

Last but not least, I would like to draw attention to the importance of the SME envoy, the need for strong support inside the European Commission, and the need to make the official appointment as soon as possible, in order for the network to provide structured and systemic assistance. We shouldn’t forget that SMEs are a key driver of innovation, employment, sustainable and inclusive growth and social cohesion in our societies.

  Josianne Cutajar, on behalf of the S&D Group. – Mr President, thank you for this important debate. The creation of jobs, the skilling of workers, the social value of work, ‘thinking small first’ – support to SMEs means all of this. That support to SMEs is progressive. With today’s debate we pay tribute to the efforts that many entrepreneurs have been making, leading with micro, small and medium businesses, especially in this last difficult year and a half.

Yet a high—level discussion alone is surely not the solution for all the challenges European SMEs are facing. Whilst the recovery phase has started, the liquidity relief measures that have so far helped SMEs weather this crisis must be continued for an adequate period of time. We need to move from the short to the long term, funnelling investments to small firms – investments that make them truly resilient and better equipped for the twin transition.

We should guarantee equal opportunities for all, including for female entrepreneurs and for SMEs operating on islands in the most peripheral areas of our Union. Boosting once again the confidence of our small entrepreneurs cannot happen without investment and innovation, eliminating unnecessary bureaucratic hurdles along the way. We cannot fail this time. We cannot miss this opportunity.

  Martina Dlabajová, za skupinu Renew. – Pane předsedající, žádná společnost se nestala velkou ze dne na den. Na začátku je vždy malý tým a až řada faktorů rozhodne o tom, zda se firma rozroste nebo nikoliv. Tak či onak, unijní ekonomika nestojí na úspěchu nikoho jiného než právě malých a středních firem, které tvoří devadesát devět procent evropských podniků. Dnešní den považuji za historický úspěch. Je to milník, od kterého se začíná skutečně pracovat pro malé a střední firmy. Já jsem poctěna, že jsem k tomu mohla osobně přispět.

Malé a střední podniky se musí spolehnout na to, že s nimi budeme zacházet rovnocenně jako s těmi velkými a že je nebudeme utápět ve zbytečné regulaci. Vytvoření férových podmínek musí být naprostá priorita. Všichni víme, že tento přístup nebýval běžný a automatický. Ano, vždy se mluvilo o páteři evropské ekonomiky, ale ve skutečnosti „skutek utek“. Schválně: Kolikrát se do připravované legislativy až zpětně doplňovalo including SMEs? Mnohokrát, a to bylo špatně! Jsem ráda, že i Komise ví, že potřebujeme rozhodnou akci. Projev o stavu malých a středních podniků v Unii je toho symbolem i důkazem. Jsem totiž přesvědčena, že jedině zodpovědným skládáním účtů a vzájemnou diskusí, do které se zapojí i ti, kterých se to týká, tedy malé a střední podniky, to dokážeme. Tyto firmy si zaslouží být opravdovou prioritou a my je nesmíme zklamat.

Pojďme se scházet pravidelně. Pojďme z toho udělat každoroční tradici, nikoliv však prázdnou tradici. Pojďme věci posunout. Pojďme skutečně pracovat pro ně, malé a střední podniky po celé Evropě.

  Henrike Hahn, im Namen der Verts/ALE-Fraktion. – Herr Präsident! Nutzen wir die Corona- und Klimakrise als Chance …

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  Paolo Borchia, a nome del gruppo ID. – Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, signor Commissario, bentornati. Solo pochi mesi fa la plenaria ha approvato a larga maggioranza una mia relazione di iniziativa con la quale cercavamo di dare qualche buona idea per aiutare il mondo della piccola e media impresa europea alla ripartenza post pandemia.

Adesso però serve passare dalle parole ai fatti. Il documento di cui sono stato relatore, ad esempio, ci segnala che in epoca pre COVID negli Stati Uniti c'erano il triplo delle imprese che erano in espansione rispetto a quelle europee. Chiaramente questo non vuol dire che sia colpa di Bruxelles, ma sicuramente dovrebbe farci riflettere sul fatto che alcune ricette che sono state adottate in passato magari non sono state ottimali, non hanno dato una mano a chi fa impresa.

Sul tema della burocrazia, io mi auguro che ci sia contezza che, per lunghi periodi, la Commissione europea ha vissuto fasi di nevrosi legislativa. Ma, signori, rendiamoci conto che la burocrazia costa. Un artigiano, un piccolo imprenditore, oggettivamente fatica a rimanere al passo con un contesto normativo che cambia un giorno dopo l'altro. Quindi ben venga la semplificazione, ben venga, Commissario, il principio "one in, one out", ma lasciamo lavorare questa gente.

Per quanto riguarda il settore creditizio, se le banche non tornano a fare le banche siamo finiti. Serve riflettere sulla vigilanza unica e sulle sue conseguenze e, soprattutto, serve evitare che le banche siano costrette a cedere dei crediti leggermente deteriorati che, soltanto con un po' di pazienza, le piccole imprese magari riuscirebbero a ripagare.

Per quanto riguarda il clima e l'ambiente, mi rendo conto che è il tema più divisivo in quest'Aula. Io sono esterrefatto che, nonostante una recessione senza precedenti, nessuno, dico nessuno, abbia riflettuto se obiettivi molto ambiziosi, frutto di regole scritte prima del COVID, siano ancora praticabili con queste tempistiche, oppure se al contrario serva rivedere la tabella di marcia.

Io ne avevo parlato l'anno scorso a proposito della direttiva sulle plastiche monouso, venendo tacciato di eresia. Quindi evviva l'aria pulita, evviva la qualità delle acque, tutti ci teniamo, ma senza investimenti astronomici e soprattutto senza il sacrificio di chi lavora questi obiettivi non si raggiungono.

  Robert Roos, namens de ECR-Fractie. – Voorzitter, commissaris. Vandaag is het tijd om de balans op te maken: heeft de Commissie geleverd, is er vandaag positief nieuws te melden voor het midden- en kleinbedrijf? En kunnen ze een vermindering van de administratieve lasten tegemoet zien? Ik ben beperkt tevreden met het werk van de Commissie. De opdracht van mij en mijn collega’s is niet helemaal serieus genomen. Het is geen goed signaal naar onze ondernemers. Eén regel in en één regel uit is echt te weinig. Ook is het niet goed dat de EU voor het mkb gaat denken. De EU moet het mkb de ruimte geven om te ondernemen. Minder regels dus. Mijn ervaring na twee jaar Europees Parlement is namelijk dat ruimte voor ondernemerschap echt bevochten moet worden. En die strijd gaat na vandaag onverminderd door. Vandaag is er een eerste kleine stap gezet, maar de weg is nog lang. Ik roep de Commissie dan ook op om meer te doen en ons te blijven informeren over de concrete stappen die zij zet om de administratieve druk te verminderen. Want onze ondernemers hebben daar recht op.

  Sandra Pereira, em nome do Grupo The Left. – Senhor Presidente, o cenário das pequenas e médias empresas na União Europeia é heterogéneo. Muitas delas lutam diariamente contra o esmagamento pelos grandes grupos económicos e a concorrência desigual e desleal, levada a cabo por grandes empresas e multinacionais que contribuem para o dumping social, a desregulação das relações laborais e a insolvência.

Com a COVID-19, o contraste entre os Estados-Membros na capacidade de intervenção no apoio às PME agravou desigualdades entre estas empresas e, simultaneamente, chamou a atenção para as diferentes especificidades nacionais. Importa, pois, que os Estados possam intervir no apoio à solvência das PME em dificuldades, sendo que tais apoios devem pressupor a manutenção dos postos de trabalho, a defesa dos salários e o respeito integral dos direitos dos trabalhadores.

Para que os Estados-Membros possam apoiar as pequenas e médias empresas nos processos de transição nos domínios da sustentabilidade e da digitalização, é fundamental a eliminação das imposições e dos condicionalismos da União Europeia, através da chamada governação económica, e que os Estados disponham de meios, designadamente financeiros, para promover essas transições no quadro da Política de Coesão.

  Ivan Vilibor Sinčić (NI). – Poštovani predsjedavajući, pravo stanje poduzetništva i poduzetničkih sloboda u Hrvatskoj nažalost najbolje se vidi u drvoprerađivačkom sektoru. Kad imate u prostoru ravnicu, živite od te plodne ravnice. Kad imate more, živite od mora, ali kad u prostoru imate šumu, ne daju vam da živite od tih šuma.

Drvoprerađivački sektor preuzela je partitokracija koja posluje po principu nahrani podobne, a izgledni nepodobne, odnosno sve ostale. Nikada se više šuma u Hrvatskoj nije sjeklo, osobito ilegalno, a nikada nije bilo teže doći do sirovine. Umjesto da se razvija poduzetništvo, prerada i dizajn, cilj je izvoziti golu sirovinu.

Možete kao poduzetnik imati ugovor o otkupu sirovine, ali ne znači da ćete je doista i dobiti. Možete tužiti, ali dok se okonča sud vas više neće biti jer bez drva jednostavno ne možete poslovati. Ovakvom skandaloznom politikom uništava se tržišno natjecanje, guše se poduzetničke slobode i ono najvažnije umjesto održivog gospodarenja šumama imamo devastaciju života, devastaciju ruralnog prostora, devastaciju biljnog, životinjskog, gospodarskog, na kraju krajeva i ljudskog života.

  Henrike Hahn, im Namen der Verts/ALE-Fraktion. – Herr Präsident! Nutzen wir die Corona- und Klimakrise als Chance zur Veränderung! Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen sind das Rückgrat der Wirtschaft, und KMU müssen in Europa die bestmögliche Unterstützung bekommen, um resilient, wettbewerbsfähig und nachhaltig zu wirtschaften.

Der Green Deal ist ein Konjunkturprogramm, und das „Fit for 55“-Paket befeuert die Entwicklung von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen in ihrer Transformation. Die Richtlinie für erneuerbare Energien kann KMU den Zugang zu erneuerbaren Energien erleichtern, die Nachfrage im Binnenmarkt stimulieren und mit Investitionen neue lokale grüne Arbeitsplätze schaffen. Die Wiederaufbauprogramme in den Mitgliedstaaten sollen KMU Darlehen und Zuschüsse geben und steuerliche Anreize hervorbringen, mit der Möglichkeit, in Solarenergie zu investieren.

Beim Thema Energieeffizienz sind vor allem KMU, die in der Baubranche und im Bereich energetische Renovierung arbeiten, besonders betroffen, und sie werden einen regelrechten Boom erleben. Wir brauchen Green Hubs als Beratungsdienste für die Transformation und die Umsetzung nachhaltiger Geschäftsmodelle. Wir brauchen spezielle KMU—Ratgeber und —Angebote.

Und das muss auch ganz klar gesagt werden: Die Reduzierung von komplizierten, unnötigen Regelungen für KMU ist wichtig, aber beim „One in, one out“—Prinzip ist eine Betriebsblindheit, eine mechanische Pauschalregelung sicher kein guter Weg. Erstens müssen wir herausfinden, welche Regeln und Vorschriften für Unternehmen warum ein Problem sind, und daraus lernen, was wir besser machen können. Denn weniger Regulierung reicht normalerweise nicht aus, Wachstum anzukurbeln oder Arbeitsplätze zu schaffen, denn Annullieren statt Evaluieren ist ganz sicher kein kluger Ansatz.

Und zweitens sind Regelungen, die die EU grüner und nachhaltiger machen, eben keine Bürde, sondern Gestaltungsinstrument, positiver Anreiz, Innovation, Planungssicherheit und Jobmotor für die Unternehmen, und darum geht es in der Zukunft. Wir machen das Beste aus der Corona- und Klimakrise, um KMU und Startups in Europa zu stärken.

  Henna Virkkunen (PPE). – Mr President, Mr Commissioner, Europe needs more entrepreneurs, because that is the only way to create growth and new jobs. The impact of the Corona pandemic has hit SMEs hard across Europe. Businesses still need support to recover, but at the same time, reforms are needed to support their future growth and success.

We expect a lot from the EU Commission when it comes to small European enterprises. It is very important that this State of the SMEs Union debate has come to life for the first time now due to the EPP Group’s insistence over the past year. In particular, we want to see the concrete implementation of the ‘One in, one out’ principle applied to upcoming EU rules.

In 2019, the new EU Commission committed itself to better legislation, reducing bureaucracy and improving conditions for our small and medium-sized enterprises. Unfortunately, quite little has happened since then.

In December 2020, the European Parliament endorsed the call for binding targets to reduce administrative burdens in the EU and asked the Commission to present an impact assessment by June 2021. We expect the EU Commission to deliver on this request by this month. SMEs need legislation that encourages them to grow, innovate and invest. Unnecessary bureaucracy is not what they need, and therefore we should reduce it.

  Carlos Zorrinho (S&D). – Senhor Presidente, Senhor Comissário, a recuperação do impacto na economia, ao mesmo tempo que a União prossegue com a sua aposta no Pacto Ecológico, na segunda vaga de digitalização e na concretização do pilar dos direitos sociais, é uma oportunidade para reforçar o papel das PME enquanto referências na aplicação de políticas de inclusão, de qualificação e de inovação.

Temos que ser pragmáticos! As PME precisam de sistemas de apoio ajustados às suas características, com uma monitorização e avaliação eficazes, mas leves e flexíveis. Estas empresas compensam os riscos de dimensão com as vantagens da adaptação rápida às dinâmicas dos mercados e das cadeias de valor. Não podem, por isso, ser esmagadas com modelos de escrutínio de regulação que não respeitem esta característica diferenciadora.

No momento em que a União regulamenta a nova geração de financiamentos e o funcionamento dos mercados e serviços, em particular dos mercados digitais, é fundamental assegurar que as PME serão cada vez mais um fator-chave de qualificação na inovação tecnológica, na sustentabilidade social e ambiental e na capacidade competitiva da economia europeia. A realização deste debate é, aliás, um excelente sinal de compromisso interinstitucional neste sentido.

  Mauri Pekkarinen (Renew). – Arvoisa puhemies, me tarvitsemme EU:ssa toimia, joilla pk-yritysten digitalisaatiota edistetään, rahoituksen pullonkaulat poistetaan ja hallinnollista taakkaa kevennetään. Mutta meidän tulee mielestämme mennä vielä syvemmälle.

Koulu opettaa monia nuoria toisen työhön. Se antaa valmiuksia tehdä palkansaajana työtä ja sekin on tavattoman tärkeää. Mutta antaako koulu perehdyttäessään nuoria yhteiskuntiimme riittävästi perustietoja siitä, mitä yrittäjyys on, sekä siitä, mitkä ovat yrittäjyyden arvot ja ihanteet sekä merkitys kaikelle yhteiskunnalliselle kehitykselle? Ja kertooko koulu siitä, että yrittäjyys voi olla joku päivä myös monen nuoren oma vaihtoehto? Minun toiveeni on, että osana pk-yritystemme innostamista uuteen nousuun kannustamme nuoriamme yhä useammin jo peruskoulussa yrittäjyyteen kasvatuksen ja koulutuksen keinoin.

  Philippe Olivier (ID). – Monsieur le Président, en présentant la stratégie industrielle de l’Union, la Commission européenne nous invite à une réflexion économique opportune.

C’est le moment de poser la question des handicaps que vous imposez à nos entreprises: l’inflation des normes – dont certaines sont absurdes –, la concurrence faussée – je pense notamment aux travailleurs détachés –, l’impossibilité d’accès aux marchés publics de nos PME-TPE.

Transition numérique et écologique, dites-vous. Sur la transition numérique, on ne pourra que vous dire «enfin!». L’Europe a vu à cause de votre inertie bureaucratique la révolution numérique lui échapper. Ce sont les Américains et les Chinois qui ont pris une avance décisive.

Sur la transition écologique, gardez-vous d’une tentation qui sous-tend votre démarche, celle de l’écologie punitive. Les grandes révolutions – et la révolution écologique en est une – ne se font que par l’adhésion et non par la contrainte, par la collaboration positive et non par l’enrôlement forcé. La révolution culturelle coercitive, c’est celle de Mao Tsé-Toung, cela procède du totalitarisme et cela ne fonctionne pas. Usez donc de l’incitation plus que de la répression.

Cette réflexion écologique vous commande également de revoir votre logiciel mondialiste, celui qui programme, par exemple, la spécialisation des régions du monde par type d’activité. La Chine, usine du monde? Belle idée. On a vu ce que cela a donné pendant la COVID: la pénurie pour nos pays, l’humiliation d’une Europe incapable de produire des masques en papier. Aujourd’hui, être proche, c’est être écologiquement vertueux et cela signifie être pénalisé. C’est être contraint à des normes environnementales ou sociales écrasantes et être concurrencé par des pays qui s’affranchissent de toute règle. La révolution écologique que nous appelons de nos vœux est la révolution localiste: celle qui tourne le dos aux traités de libre-échange pour des traités de juste-échange permettant un commerce maîtrisé et vertueux. La révolution localiste, c’est mettre en œuvre partout des circuits courts pour produire, consommer et recycler sur place. Le maître-mot ne doit plus être la mobilité, mais la proximité.

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