23 Amendments of Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR related to 2020/2276(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 25 March 2021 on establishing an EU strategy for sustainable tourism;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 b (new)
Citation 14 b (new)
- having regard to the 'Mission Starfish 2030: Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030' of September 2020;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas Atlantic Action Plan 2.0 unfortunately contains no reference to the Atlantic Outermost Regions (ORs) that enhance the maritime and Atlantic dimension of the European Union;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is pleased to see that the Atlantic regions are more closely involved in the Atlantic strategy’s governance, that national delegations are free to invite representatives of their regions to participate in committee work and that the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) has been asked to take on an advisory role; points out in this connection that coastal municipalities could significantly contribute to the implementation of this action plan;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for representatives of all the regions concerned to be included in national delegations and for the strategy to be opened up to participation by third countries, including Cape Verde, which is part of Macaronesia;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Deplores the fact that the EU budget contains no appropriations for the Atlantic action plan; stresses the importance of promoting and facilitating access to European funding and calls on the European Commission to issue a digital guide to all existing funding opportunities;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the development of enhanced prevention and risk-management capabilities to deal with accidents on land and at sea and natural disasters, the establishment of a common system for preventing and combating oil spills and the designation of large protected maritime areas, and emphasises the importance of protecting all marine species; underlines, in this connection, the role of the European Maritime Safety Agency;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the importance of ending the Atlantic regions’ isolation, linking up transport, energy and information networks, easing the constraints resulting from remoteness or low population density and developing rural and urban areas;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underscores the importance of fisheries and aquaculture and warns against the harmful long-term effects of overfishing;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the need to develop high- quality, sustainable smart tourism; and calls on the European Commission to launch pilot projects in this area; urges the European Commission to ensure that this action plan is properly coordinated with with the coastal and maritime tourism strategy and calls for an immediate reassessment of the latter;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Hopes that the strategy will encourage joint planning and development of the sectors of the blue economy in the Atlantic area, with environmental and climate policies as central pillars, thus contributing towards the achievement of the Union's decarbonisation objectives and promoting renewable offshore power generation technologies, such as tidal or wave energy and offshore wind energy;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for digitisation and innovation to be fostered in ththroughout the entire Atlantic maritime sectorsonomy, in and around ports, all along the Atlantic shoreline and in the maritime territories, thereby contributing to European Union digital transition objectives;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses that the fisheries sector should not be sidelined within this strategy because of its structural importance to the economic development of many coastal communities in the Atlantic, including ORs;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Urges that support be given to the construction of centres for the collection and treatment of plastics and other marine refuse, particularly in the Atlantic ORs, which are heavily affected by waste carried by marine currents; calls for the establishment in one of the Atlantic ORs of a centre to combat marine pollution;
Amendment 98 #
20. Calls for the strategy to focus squarely on jobs; wishes to see an ambitious social component to combat poverty and social exclusion and promote job creation and, in particular, training for and access to maritime professions for young people;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses the importance of formal and non-formal education for improving the skills of maritime populations and combating early school leaving and encourages efforts to coordinate moves by the various relevant sectors to promote inclusive and competitive blue growth;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for the concept of Atlantic connectivity to include links between ports and airports, enhancing their sustainability, and the development of maritime hinterland areas;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses the importance of creating public and private partnerships in the strategic sectors of this action plan, in particular transport, energy and education;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
21a. Stresses the importance of launching pilot projects in the Atlantic region in the field of ocean governance and knowledge - in the ORs and elsewhere, with the involvement of universities, research centres and maritime colleges;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Underscores the importance to this strategy of 'Mission Starfish 2030: Restore our Ocean and Waters' and calls for support measures and coordination with Member States and their regions in implementing policies to achieve its five general objectives: knowledge, regeneration, zero pollution, decarbonisation and governance;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Takes the view that environmental NGOs should be supported and involved in education and other sectors whose specific areas of economic or other activity are directly related to the sea;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls for an increase in the number of specific calls for projects as part of the Atlantic strategy, including small and large-scale transatlantic projects, possibly in partnership with American coastal regions;