2 Amendments of Marc JOULAUD related to 2017/2037(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that cities, understood as towns, cities and urban and metropolitan areas, lack a formal role in the institutional framework of the Union, apart from that of their representatives in the Committee of the Regions (CoR); emphasises, however, that almost all EU policies have a considerable impact on cities and that local elected representatives can be a vital intermediary between the EU and its citizens;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the establishment of a ‘one-stop shop’ for cities; calls, however, for its website and documents to be translated into all the official languages of the Union and for better coordination and integration of instruments and programmes dedicated to cities in various EU policies; stresses the importance of promoting fairness between cities, regardless of their size, in relation to access to these instruments and programmes, in particular by developing engineering;