Activities of Jozo RADOŠ related to 2015/2347(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Improving connection and accessibility of transport infrastructure in Central and Eastern Europe (short presentation) HR
Amendments (25)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Central and Eastern Europe is an essential part of the European single market with potential to attract investment and contribute to economic growth in the entire EU;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas intensifying work on projects such as the Via Carpatia and, Rail Baltica and the Adriatic-Ionian Corridor would provide an important stimulus for improving the connectivity and accessibility of the transport infrastructure in this part of the EU;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas Member States in Central and Eastern Europe, likewise in other part of the EU, have not always maximised their use of EU funding for various reasons, including insufficient preparation and efficiency;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance of coordinated project planning by Member States based ontaking into account as much as possible national master plans, while conducting realistic assessment of transport needs, cost-benefit analysis and stakeholder consultation;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the completion of the initial TEN-T core corridor work plans of 2015; stresses that the implementation of the core network should also stimulate the development of the comprehensive network, in particular for connections that have cross-border relevance and effecthave an impact on the consolidation of corridors;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that enhancing the coherence of the economic development of the Member States in the western, central and eastern parts of the EU requires large investments; underlines that the coordination required at European level must take account of the specific challenges in the Member States and the differences in their economies, social security systems and traditions;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Invites the Member States and the Commission to ensure synergies inand mutual complementarity of funding under the Connecting Europe Facility, the European Structural and Investment Funds and instruments of the EIB and EBRD when implementing transport infrastructure projects in the central and eastern EU; recalls the need to use to significantly improve their utilisation and diversification; recalls the importance of using the means of the European Fund for Strategic Investments in a timely manner to advance such projects in the short termcommercially viable market- based projects;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that, following efforts to build up east-west transport infrastructure corridors, there is a need to boost the development of equal attention should be paid to east-west and north-south transport corridors within the European TEN-T network, which can contribute to the economic development of the participating countries by creating new opportunities for employment in SMEs, start-ups, trade exchange, science, research and technologies;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Asks the Commission to further explore the integration of the Western Balkans accession countries into the TEN- T network and the cooperation on transport links with Ukraine and other neighbouring countries; welcomes the extension of TEN-T network on Western Balkans countries; calls on Western Balkan countries to continue working on six infrastructure projects and to swiftly implement "soft measures" (e.g. simplifying/aligning border crossing procedures, railway reforms, information systems) agreed during the 2015 WB Summit in Vienna; calls on the Commission to inform the European Parliament about the conclusion that will be taken during the WB 2016 Summit in France;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Asks the Commission to further exploensure the integration of the Western Balkans accession countries into the TEN- T network and the cooperation on transport links with Ukraine and other neighbouring countries;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Asks the Commission to further explore and propose the integration of the Western Balkans accession countries into the TEN- T network and the cooperation on transport links with Ukraine and other neighbouring countries;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that improvements to the transport infrastructure and connectivity in the central and eastern EU are an important tool in strengthening the stability and security of the Union’'s eastern border and in the Western Balkans;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the importance of the Schengen system for an efficient transport system in the EU based on the free movement of goods, services and persons across open internal borders;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Underlines that safety and sustainability of the transport sector are key priorities when developing infrastructures; Calls therefore on the Commission and the Member States to further encourage digitalisation and automation in all modes of transport;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the need to ensure fair road chargInvites the Commission to re- explore the advantages and difficulties of an integrated tolling systems in the EU; points out that flexibilities should be kept for Member States, owing to their particular characteristics, when establishing such systems and eventually submit, on the basis of a thorough impact assessment, an appropriate proposal;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the urgent need to enhance the road infrastructure network along the eastern border of the EU, starting in Estonia, passing through Latviawherever it is underdeveloped, Lwithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and B a particulgaria and ending in Greece; considers that such efforts should build on the long-standing planning done already under the Via Carpatia project; believes that the possibility of opening the Rhine-Danube corridor to the north of the EU through the Via Carpatia should be exploited attention to accessibility of cities;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Considers that efforts should build on the long-standing planning done already under the Via Carpatia project; believes that the possibility of opening the Rhine-Danube corridor to the north of the EU through the Via Carpatia should be exploited;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to complete the construction of the Adriatic- Ionian motorway in cooperation with the Member States of Slovenia, Croatia and Greece, and the western Balkan countries of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Albania;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Notes a lack of road-rail connections to and from the ports; highlights that the most of the airports in Eastern Europe are located in the proximity of rail infrastructure and that integration is still technically possible; calls on the Commission to fully support further integration of multimodal transport connections (road-railway- airport) in Central and Eastern Europe;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Criticises the underinvestment in cross-border railway lines and the low level of passenger rail services in many border areas; calls on the Member States to (re-)establish missing connections and accelerate the deployment of ERTMS on the TEN-T core network corridors;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage cross-border projects of high speed railway connections throughout the TEN-T corridors;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Underscores the role of the Danube River as the key transport waterway in the Danube macro-region; notes that navigability of the Danube River is regulated by the obsolete Danube Convention (1946) which limits the optimal use of fleet and navigation rights; invites the riparian states to ensure the continuous navigability of the river and to implement their master plan for fairway rehabilitation and maintenance endorsed in 2014;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Encourages the Member States to increase their efforts to restore and maintainupgrade and achieve class IV navigability of other inland waterway infrastructures, in particular river sections in the TEN-T core network; Stresses that an important upgrading of the Elbe River is needed to allow full navigability, which is essential for the Orient/East-Med corridor;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines the potential for further developing attractive shipping to ports in the Baltic and Black, Black and Adriatic Seas in the context of the ‘Motorways of the Sea’ concept; highlights the importance of expanding capacities in the energy sector and of ensuring efficient railway connections to port hinterlands;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Highlights that the northern Adriatic ports must strengthen their cooperation, through regional coordination for a common promotion of traffic flows for the maritime trade in the North Adriatic and to fully integrate the Italian ports with those of Slovenia (Koper) and Croatia (Rijeka); in this regard calls on the Commission to include the port of Rijeka in the Baltic-Adriatic corridor to enable full transport connection of northern sea ports towards the Central Europe and Baltic Sea;