Activities of João FERREIRA related to 2019/2213(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
Opinion on Guidelines for the 2021 Budget - Section III
Amendments (26)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
3a. whereas previous budgets were not provided with sufficient resources to give effect to the principle of economic, social and territorial cohesion, resulting in inequalities between Member States and leading to increasing divergence; whereas the role of the EU budget, and in particular of the part devoted to economic, social and territorial cohesion, should be strengthened to ensure convergence between Member States;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that communication with citizens should be among the top priorities for the EU budget in order to ensure broad, active and effective involvement ofon where and how the EU budget is used to be important; calls, in this regard, for such information to be made available in a transparent and easily accessible manner to all citizens inof the Conference on the Future of EuropeMember States;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that EU transport policy is essential for Europe’s economic, social and environmental development and its sustainability; strongly requests, therefore, that EU transport policy receive adequate and sufficient funding in order to secure growth, jobs and competitiveness in Europe, including in the more remote geographical areas, particularly in the outermost regions, by creating a POSEI for transport; requests additional investments in research and innovation, and in social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that the 2021 EU budget should include: the end of macroeconomic conditionality imposed on Member States; rules governing the funds permitting their use in accordance with the priorities of each country; the exclusion for the purpose of the Stability Pact of public expenditure linked to the co-financing of investments financed by EU funds, at least until the abrogation of the Stability Pact and of the standards and procedures of 'economic governance' ;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the need for sufficient commitment to and payment appropriations forConsiders that the Europe for Citizens Pprogramme, the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme and the European Citizens’ Initiative, as these instruments are vital for intensifying the p should not contribute to the creation of an artificipatory democracy processes in the EU, building citizens’ trust and enhancing their understanding of EU policiesal European identity, the falsification and revisionism of history, anti-communism and the white-washing of Nazism- Fascism;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Proposes that the 2021 budget should ensure a substantial increase in funding for economic, social and territorial cohesion in order to increase convergence between Member States and increase the participation and standard of living of citizens;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
The importance of transport, in particular of public transport, in achieving the goals of the Green Deal;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets that not a single reference is made, in the entire European Green Deal, to the promotion and improvement of public transport systems, with a view to changing mobility profiles; stresses that public transport is central to the promotion of socially, environmentally, climatically and economically sustainable societies;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for an increase in support for the Life programme, including specific envelopes for biodiversity and the management of the Natura 2000 network, and measures to ensure the fair distribution of funding among the Member States; also calls for support to be provided for ecological and plant health assessments in forests, including for their restoration and reforestation with native species, particularly in those countries that have suffered the most damage from fires;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Advocates greater Community accountability in safeguarding natural values in the Natura 2000 network, particularly with regard to its financing; notes the difficulties experienced by several Member States in the areas of management level included in the Natura 2000 network owing to lack of a specific financial instrument for such management, which would complement the inclusion of biodiversity in sectoral policies;
Amendment 37 #
3c. Calls for the EU budget to provide funding lines and instruments to assist in the development of policies intended to minimise the impact of herbicides, particularly on pollinators, and to consolidate and promote conservation and integrated agricultural production methods;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Argues that the existence of environmentally, climatically, economically and socially sustainable societies is possible only with the existence of mobility and transport policies that favour the consolidation and utilisation of public transport systems; calls in this regard for increased support for transport infrastructure and the promotion of public transport and sustainable mobility; urges also that funding for local and regional transport infrastructures not be neglected but actively encouraged; calls for account to be taken of the urgent need to support such transport infrastructures in outlying countries;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Highlights the experience of a number of EU cities with free public transport systems, resulting in a larger number of users, accompanied by a substantial decrease in automobile traffic; recommends that studies be carried out to assess the effects of these arrangements regarding factors such as variations in passenger numbers, travel times, the number of traffic accidents and casualties or impact on climate change; stresses that these studies should lead to formulation of action plans facilitating the replication of free public transport systems in different urban areas;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for specific agricultural programmes to promote, on the one hand, short supply chains, fair prices for producers and stable and acceptable earnings for farmers and, on the other, a fair redistribution of payments between countries, types of production and producers, eliminating current disparities and benefiting Member States with the largest production shortfalls, as well as small and medium-sized producers, and to budget the initial amount of the agricultural reserve.
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that in its prerequisites for health, as fundamental conditions and resources, the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion includes peace, shelter, education, food, income, a stable ecosystem, sustainable resources, social justice and equity, and that improvement in health requires a secure foundation in these basic prerequisites. Stresses that the EU's resources should be used to fulfil these prerequisites so that public health in the Member States can be protected properly.
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for a reorientation of EU funds for public investment in transport infrastructure; rejects, in this regard, the use of the EU budget for public-private partnerships and the promotion of privatisation and deregulation of the sector - as in the case regarding these funds;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that cohesion policy funding for transport infrastructure should aim at pursuing the Treaty-based objective of economic, social and territorial cohesion; highlights the crucial role that EU transport policy and investment plays in promoting and enhancing territorial, social and economic cohesion in the EU; requests, therefore, that the funding of TEN-T be maintained as part of cohesion policy, strengthening the support component for the development and modernisation of secondary, regional and local links, and not just links between major EU economic centres;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that sick people face considerable inequalities with regard to access to certain treatments, particularly innovative medicines, in the Member States; believes that the real situation should be studied urgently and help should be given in the proposal of policies concerning access to medicines.
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that the procedures for mobilising the EU's Solidarity Fund should be as rapid as possible, regional catastrophes should remain eligible for aid, and the specific nature of natural disasters in the Mediterranean area, such as drought and fires, should be recognised.
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Believes that appropriations should be included for the promotion and stimulation of research in public laboratories, research centres and universities on the environment, public health and food safety.
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that transport projects financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and by the Cohesion Fund (CF) mustshould give priority to the completion of TEN-T cosustainable transport modes and projects that foster terridtorsial cohesion;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15