8 Amendments of Marc JOULAUD related to 2017/2052(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas regional cohesion policy is one of the EU’s core policies, bringing Europe together and strengthening its economy; whereas it must be able to reduce disparities between and within regions, and it is therefore key that sufficient funding for cohesion policy is provided for in the MFF;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that regional funding should be protected and should continue to be targeted at all Union regions, by predominantly takeing the form of grants rather than financial instruments, which do, however,; objects to any numerical and binding targets regarding the use of financial instruments, whatever the category of region, even if they do have an important role to play in certain cases; stresses that in the event of a reduction in the EU’s budgets, greater focus on the EU’s core goals is required;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that to increase the impact of the next MFF, further links should be established between EU funds such as the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, Structural Funds, the European social fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and Creative Europe.
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that, to ensure better implementation of the cohesion policy budget in future, this policy needs to be thoroughly simplified on the basis of the recommendations of the high level group, and a broader application of proportionality needs to be considered, in addition to differentiation between regions in the implementation of ESI Fund programmes;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considersthat it isessential, in the context of the new MFF,to ensure that for budgetary rules, and rules on state aid and cohesion policy spending, are to at last be more consistent and simplified.
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that appropriate recognition and full support of Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) would strengthen the impact of the next MFF; recalls the dual nature of the cultural and creative sector: economic (wealth and job creation)and cultural (creating values, meaning and identity);recalls that CCIs are one of Europe’s fastest growing sector, generating 509 billion Euros in value added to GDP per year and representing more than 12 million full time jobs ;calls for additional links between the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation and the Creative Europe programme, as this would help to address the increased industrial dependency on design and creativity; reminds that Creative Europe has consistently boasted excellent performance with full implementation at year-end since the start of this MFF; calls on the Commission to comply with Article 167(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and establish the CCIs as a horizontal priority within EU funding schemes and programmes, particularly in the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, the EaSI and the ESIFs.
Amendment 137 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Commission to develop , through the MFF, a comprehensive, coherent and long-term industrial policy framework for the cultural and creative industries, with adequate funding to CCIs in order to boost their competitiveness and enable them to fulfil their potential in terms of creating quality jobs and growth for the benefit of the Union;
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on the Commission to facilitate funding to the sector, based on the following definition of CCIs: ‘Cultural and Creative Industries are those industries that are based on cultural values, cultural diversity, individual and/or collective creativity, skills and talent with the potential to generate innovation, wealth and jobs through the creation of social and economic value, in particular from intellectual property; they include the following sectors relying on cultural and creative inputs: architecture, archives and libraries, artistic crafts, audio-visual (including film, television, software and video games, and multimedia and recorded music), cultural heritage, design, creativity-driven high- end industries and fashion, festivals, live music, performing arts, books and publishing (newspapers and magazines), radio and visual arts, and advertising’, as adopted in its own resolution on “a coherent EU policy for cultural and creative industry” of 13 December 2016;