9 Amendments of Marie-Christine ARNAUTU related to 2016/2099(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas transport is the largestmost heavily funded sector in which the European Investment Bank (EIB) has been active since its foundation, with more than a trillion euros invested in transport projects since 1958;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas decarbonising transport is a major challenge, and significant reductions in CO2 emissions from transport are needed if the EU is to achieve its long-term climate goals; whereas congestion and air pollution are major problems in developing urban mobilityublic health problems;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in 2015 the EIB invested EUR 14 billion in transport projects that will benefit 338 million passengers per year and that should make it possible to save 65 million travel hours per year;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesNotes that Commission President Juncker’s plan aims to increase the capacity of the Investment Plan for Europe from EUR 315 billion to EUR 630 billion; underlines, however, that it should not lead to a reduction in well-functioning sources of transport infrastructure funding;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages the EIB to continue to support sustainable, safe, climate-friendly and innovative transport; underlines that it is the European Parliament’s priority to provide sufficient funding for projects with European added value, including the cross-border transport link for the benefit of all citizens of the Member States;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that an innovative and effective economy needs advanced infrastructure and that transport infrastructure should be among the priorities, with a special focus on innovative multimodal infrastructure solutions such as short multimodal tunnels or bridges in sparsely populated areas or local communities;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that the EIB must be more reserved about taking part in the funding of colossal and dubious transport infrastructure projects, such as the Lyon- Turin railway, and should instead concentrate on the funding of infrastructure that is more modest, more useful and much less costly;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance in combating climate change ofRecalls the goals set by COP 21 with regard to transport; underlines that the financial means should be available to bring about a modal shift from road to rail and waterborne and inland waterway transport; insists also that attention should be paid to investment in clean power for transport;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the EIB to support investment in sustainableaimed at less- polluting urban mobility in order to reduce the air pollution and congestion in European cities;