17 Amendments of Martina MICHELS related to 2014/2213(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas cities, towns and the larger functional urban areas should become the social pillars in order to combat poverty, support social cohesion and promote the creation of full-rights jobs all over the EU;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas cities, towns and the larger functional urban areas are responsible for the biggest proportion of energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in the EU ;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas there is an immediate need to tackle the emergence of ghettos phenomenon, social exclusion and different types of discrimination in many European cities and urban areas;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas functional urban areas receive the bigger flows of international immigration, thus there is an instant need for the creation of the conditions for their fair economic and social inclusion and for cultural integration;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas the consequences of the financial crisis and the implications of austerity policies around Europe has deteriorated the well-being and the quality of life of the majority of the people living in urban areas and has increased the disparities between European regions;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
Dd. whereas in cities, towns and functional urban areas there is an increase of the homelessness phenomenon while at the same time several buildings remain unused;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D e (new)
Recital D e (new)
De. whereas improving the quality and accessibility of public utilities and services is the most efficient way to increase the quality of life of the entire population living in cities, town and urban areas;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the depopulation of rural areas and its consequent negative impacts is also a challenge that should be met by EU policies;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas the EU2020 Strategy failed to meet its targets and must be reoriented in a different direction, promoting social and economic justice;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that a European Urban Agenda should be fully in line with the EU’'s overall objectives and strategy, particularly Europe 2020social and economic sustainable development and cohesion; stresses that administrative borders are becoming less and less pertinent when trying to address development challenges at local level; believes, therefore, that the European Urban Agenda should be inclusive and take into account the diversity of territorial entities in the EU, especially the rural- urban linkages concerning those services that functional urban areas provide for their surrounding countryside and even the entire region, such as public utilities, access to public educational and cultural institutions, infrastructure and transport;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to apply a more place-based integrated territorial approach when conceptualising new policy initiatives aimed at urban areas, in order to ensure consistency and to empower towns, cities and larger functional urban areas to deliver the Europe 2020 objectives of smart, sustainable and inclusive growthsocial and economic development;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that budgetary cuts in the Member States and liberalization commitments, may have a negative impact on local financial resources; calls therefore, for the adoption of social and sustainability objectives as a prefix in EU policies and in fiscal consolidation;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make full use of the regulatory framework to create synergies between, on the one hand, EU subsidised programmes (such as LIFE, Horizon 2020, Intelligent Energy Europe, etc.) and cohesion policy, and, on the other hand, national public financial instruments, and to blend these, to the greatest possible extent, with private financial instruments in order to obtain the greatest leverage effect of invested public money;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Commission to developsuggest elements for a new model of multi-level governance, combining formal governmental structures with informal flexible governance structures that correspond to the new realities, such as of the digitalised ‘network’ society, and whichdesirable as well as negative processes and challenges that follow globalisation that is adapted to the scale at which the challenges exist, a; such model whichor elements shall help improves multi-level cooperation, both vertical and horizontal, with governmental and non-governmental actors at local, regional, national and European level, thus bringing government closer to the citizens and improving the democratic legitimacy of the European project; recommends that thissuch model become the working method of the future European Urban Agenda after being agreed on by all relevant stakeholders;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that in order for the European Urban Agenda to be an effective tool it should be a shared and regularly updated conceptual framework with a thematic focus on a limited number of challenges in the larger context of the Europe 2020 goals of smart, inclusive and sustainable growth, with particular attention being given to social inclusion, demographic change and environmental sustainabilitkey challenges with particular attention being given to social inclusion, combatting poverty, migration, housing ,demographic change, provision of public services, environmental sustainability, combatting tax evasion and black market economy;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Asks the Commission to appoint a special EU urban envoy topresent proposals on the optimum monitoring and evaluateion of the practical implementation of such coordination by closely following the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy and the territorial agenda of the EU in a horizontal (engaging all relevant policy sectors) and vertical (engaging all levels of government) manner; is of the opinion that the special EU urban envoyse proposals should, with the help of the Commission’s Inter-service Group on ‘Urban Development’, performtarget at a systematic impact assessment of policy proposals, ensuring that the urban dimension of future legislation is adequately addressed;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Urges Member States to fully associate cities with and involve them in strategic policy development and programming (such as national reform programmes, partnership agreements and operational programmes); calls on the Member States to strengthen their exchange of experience on national programmes for urban development, which empowers cities to deliver the Europe 2020 objectivtackle the identified common challenges, by setting regular informal Council meetings of ministers in charge of urban development;