12 Amendments of Isabella DE MONTE related to 2017/2052(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that transport infrastructures are the backbone of the single market and crucial to ensuring the four fundamental freedoms pertaining to persons, capital, goods and services; notes that accomplishing a single European transport area connected to neighbouring countries requires major transport infrastructure, in addition to adequate funding, to be treated as a key priority for the EU’s competitiveness and for territorial, economic and social cohesion;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Considers that cohesion policy’s share of the total EU budget should be maintained, if not even increased, post- 2020, as the Cohesion Fund makes a major contribution to closing infrastructure gaps between regions;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
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3. Considers that the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) should allow for adequatechallenging EU funding, including structural and investment funds, for projects which contribute, in particular, to the completion of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) core network and its corridors; reiterates that financial instruments cannot replace grants for TEN- T projects, as only grants can maximise output on the ground; considers, furthermore, that better coordination of EU instruments related to transport, including blending of grants and innovative financial instruments, can facilitate project implementation and catalyse private financing;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) should allow for adequate EU funding, including structural and investment funds, for projects which contribute, in particular, to the completion of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) core network and its corridors; reiterates that financial instruments, such as the EFSI, cannot replace grants for TEN- T projects, as only grants can maximise output on the ground; considers, furthermore, that better coordination of EU instruments related to transport, including blending of grants and innovative financial instruments, can facilitate project implementation and catalyse private financing;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
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4. Considers that strengthening the governance of EU macro-regional strategies, such as in the Alpine, Danube, Black Sea, Baltic, Adriatic and Ionian regions, will contribute to developing EU added value projects;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that an upgraded and more effective Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), which covers all modes of transport, including road infrastructure, and focuses on interconnections, is necessary; stresses that an inter-institutional agreement on CEF should be approved as soon as possible in order to communicate positive market signals to infrastructural investments that will reach the highest financial needs in the period 2020-2027.
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that an upgraded and more effective Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), which covers all modes of transport, including road infrastructure, and focuses on interconnections, as well as on clean transport, is necessary;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that funding for completing the single European rail area should be safeguarded; stresses further that the deployment of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) should be brought forward in order to further implement common technical standards and maximise the benefits in terms of interoperability; strongly believe that ERTMS system project would require an institutional lead from the European Commission aimed at incentivizing the participation of investors;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates the importance of enabling the achievement and full use of the Single European Sky - which is undergoing delays owing to difficulties of a national nature - as a crucial step forward for European airspace; stresses the need for adequate funding, including for the users of the airspace, to implement the components of Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) in order to ensure the deployment of ATM functionalities;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the continuation of the EU flagship space programmes Galileo, the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay (EGNOS) and Copernicus; calls for the allocation of the necessary amounts for the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking and the future Joint Technology Initiative on innovative materials for space equipment to be safeguarded; reiterates the importance of achieving global European EGNOS coverage and of ensuring it is extended to countries that are part of the neighbourhood policy;
Amendment 136 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the importance of shifting towards a sustainable tourism sector, which require, which also entails better coordination between tourism and infrastructure projects; considers that a specificit a matter of urgency to create a specific, dedicated heading for tourism should be created, in order to move towards a genuine European tourism policy;
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the importance of shifting towards a sustainable tourism sector, which requires better coordination between tourism and infrastructure projects; considers that a specific heading for tourism should be created in order to move towards a genuine European tourism policy; believes that such initiatives promoting innovative sustainable travel experiences for youth should be welcome; considers also that they should not replace other cultural initiatives and suggests that proper means for adequate financing should be further promoted;