Activities of Daniel FREUND related to 2019/2213(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
Opinion on Guidelines for the 2021 Budget – Section III
Amendments (10)
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Subheading 1 a (new)
Subheading 1 a (new)
Reiterates its call on the Commission to ensure that the next MFF fully complies with the objective to keep global warming to under 1,5 °C and to halt and reverse biodiversity loss, and stresses the urgent need for another quantum leap in political and financial efforts in order to achieve those objectives; recalls that the future EU budget should contribute to climate and biodiversity mainstreaming beyond levels of targeted spending shares through the integration of the climate and environmental objectives in the decision- making of all policies and programmes and throughout the entire policy cycle and while pursuing the objective of a just transition;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates that transport must contribute to achieving climate neutrality by 2050; Points out that in 2017, 27 % of total EU-28 greenhouse gas emissions came from the transport sector and that CO2 emissions from transport increased by 2.2 % compared with 2016.1a Reiterates that transport must contribute to achieving climate neutrality by 2050; _________________ 1ahttps://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and- maps/indicators/transport-emissions-of- greenhouse-gases/transport-emissions-of- greenhouse-gases-12
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reiterates its call on the Commission for a more transparent, stringent and comprehensive methodology, including reformed performance indicators for defining ex ante estimates and ex post tracking and accounting climate and biodiversity- relevant expenditures as well as tools to monitor the mid and long term impact of measures, the prevention of financial support for harmful measures and the monitoring of the mid to long-term impact of climate mainstreaming for; expects the Commission to put forward a comprehensive and detailed proposal by July 2020 in form of a Framework Regulation and demands for the Parliament to be closely involved in the conception of such a methodology;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Reiterates Council’s call that for the Commission to report annually on climate expenditure, rather than on estimates, calls as a minimum for the aggregation of project level Rio marker share aggregation in this ex-post reporting; furthermore calls for the Commission to put forward a correction mechanism, in case the share of climate spending falls below the foreseen target;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Amendment 41 #
6a. Calls for all infrastructure investments with an expected lifespan of more than 5 years to be in linked with the National Climate and Energy Plans, and in their planning prioritize of energy efficiency measures (Energy Efficiency First Principle) and the consideration of specific decarbonisation pathways compatible with the objective of limiting global warming to under 1.5°C as well as resilience to adverse climate change impacts. Calls for the integration of all 3 scopes of GHG emissions in the mandatory cost-benefit analysis over the lifecycle of the project against the most likely baseline and the explicit consideration to avoid stranded assets;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Any transport project such as the Lyon-Turin high-speed railway line should guarantee a high level of transparency, providing access to the relevant documents especially in case projects affect the environment and the health of people, and the assessment procedure of projects should take into account social and cohesion criteria, and in particular the acceptance by local communities;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that beyond its key role in implementing the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and InvestEU, it is vital that the revision of the European Investment Bank’s (EIB) transport policy due in 2021 paves the way for more fundamental overhaul of the Bank’s transport financing; recalls that the EIB has provided approximately €140 billion in loans for transport projects in the 2007-2018 period, of which around 80% relate to road infrastructure 1a; calls on the EIB to report on all steps of its transport policy revision to Parliament in a timely manner; _________________ 1aEuropean Court of Auditors - Audit preview “Roads connecting European regions” p.9 - https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/AP19_08/AP_CONNECTING_R OADS_EN.pdf
Amendment 76 #
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) must give priority to the completion of TEN-T corridors; expresses concern that little attention is given to modal shift in the use of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF); underlines the need for decarbonisation of EU funds also in relation to the transport sector; recommends to increase investment into cycling and walking; reiterates its longstanding demand about transparency of EU funding in the transport sector, in particular of shared management resources; calls on the Commission to make available in a comprehensive manner information on transport projects that have received funding from the ERDF and CF;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights in particular the role of the Clean Sky 2 and SESAR Joint Undertakings and of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in reducing CO2 emissions by passenger; stresses the very good results and the essential role played by the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking in ensuring net accelerations in green technologies aimed at reducing the CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as the noise levels produced by aircraft; Points out that efficiency gains in aviation have not prevented an overall rise in CO2 emissions and climate effects of flying;