4 Amendments of Isabella DE MONTE related to 2017/2044(BUD)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the importance of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) funding instrument for the completion of the TEN- T network; stresses that the budgetary cuts to the CEF made in the past, due to the funding of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) initiative, should be avoided in the future; believes that CEF is a vital instrument with significant Union- added value to optimise the transport network across the Union, linking and/or modernising new and existing transport infrastructures; emphasises also the importance of financing special plans for the upgrading of infrastructure most liable to deteriorate, such as bridges and underpasses; stresses the need to further promote the high speed railway projects connecting Western and Eastern parts of Europe;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for increased funding for the tourism sector and especially for SMEs and their digitisation;believes that funds should be allocated for mountain, rural, coastal, island and remote regions in order to further develop tourism in those areas;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Understands that the new initiative InterRail is foreseen to be elaborated during the mid-term revision of the multi- annual financial framework (MFF) but believes that such a project should not jeopardize budgetary lines within the Heading 1a related to the transport sand calls for that project, like others in the field of tourism, to be entered in a director and other sectors important to Union’s competitiveness and growthdedicated budget line as used to be the case;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Emphasises the importance of effectively and definitively addressing the issue of migratory flows, be these from the sea or overland;hopes that the European Maritime Safety Agency, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and Frontex will be provided with suitable financing for patrolling the external borders of the Union;