6 Amendments of Tonino PICULA related to 2014/2214(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the strategic importance of promoting European integration, regional cooperation and good neighbourly relations through the tools and means of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR); expects new impetus to be given to the strengthening of peace, social cohesion, economic development, environmental sustainability, and security in South East Europe;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is of the view that good and stabledemocratic, stable and good governance mechanisms are crucial in order to provide strategic direction, take key decisions and oversee effective implementation of EUSAIR; supports the strengthening of the involvement of all relevant stakeholders, including civil society, in the implementation of the Strategy; considers it important to ensure adequate visibility of EUSAIR on all levels; calls for close cooperation with relevant European organisations and programmes with regard to social and migration challenges, including the South East Europe 2020 Strategy, and; calls for the duplication or overlapping of activities to be avoided;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it essential that EUSAIR contribute to the EU accession process of the South East Europe countries by addressing common regional challenges; calls for these countries to be fully and effectively involved in all the steps of EUSAIR's implementation and for them to improve their connectivity among themselves and with the rest of the EU, including the Adriatic-Ionian Corridor; calls for their significant disparities and deficits in infrastructure to be tackled, in particular as regards road and rail networks, intermodal connections and traffic management systems; calls for further support to common energy projects such as the Ionian-Adriatic pipeline (IAP) in order to increase security of supply; calls for shared and sustainable governance of fundamental and common resources, such as the Adriatic and Ionian seas and fisheries resources; calls for the implementation of smart regional development strategies and projects focused on green economy and social inclusion; encourages the development of synergies and coordinated policies between the EU, the relevant Member States and the South East Europe countries;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to seek, through coherence and complementarity, the most efficient use of all available financing instruments in order to optimise impact and to achieve better results; calls for new mechanisms of fund coordination to be put in place to sustain EUSAIR flagships projects;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets the fact that EUSAIR inadequately addresses issues of growing concern, such as irregular and illegal migration and cross-border crime; while noting that major European migration andcross-border crime; notes that criminal flowstraffic passes through this part of Europe,; calls for a major component on migration, movement of persons and cross-border crime to be included inincluding these issues as component of the EUSAIR;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses irregular migration and movement of people as other elements to be included in the Strategy; calls for more attention on social cohesion and local development as basic dimensions for migrants' integration, for the construction of asylum capacities, and for the establishment of regular channels, considering human mobility as an asset for regional development;