Activities of Krzysztof HETMAN related to 2022/2032(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU: the 8th Cohesion Report - EU border regions: living labs of European integration (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU: the 8th Cohesion Report
Amendments (13)
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that delays in the multiannual financial framework (MFF) negotiations lead to considerable delays in the programming period; urges the Commission and the Member States to speed up the adoption of partnership agreements and operational programmes as the prolonged under-implementation of cohesion funds could lead to an abnormal backlog in payments in the second part of the current multiannual financial framework (MFF), putting additional pressure on payments during the negotiations on the post-2027 MFF; calls on the Commission, therefore, to consider creating two distinct parts within the Common Provisions Regulation (CPR), namely the content-related part (political) and the MFF-related part (financial resources), for the programming period post-2027; believes that the content-related part should be negotiated and concluded before the MFF-related part, to allow for the management authorities to start preparing the partnership agreements and programmes in a timely manner;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) as an important tool to mitigate the economic and social impact of the coronavirus pandemic and make European economies and societies more sustainable, resilient and better prepared for the challenges and opportunities of the green and digital transitions; underlines the importance of ensuring it’s complementarities and synergies with the cohesion policy; urges the Member States that have not fulfil all the requirements needed to the approval of their national plans under the Recovery and Resilience Facility to urgently take all the actions needed for the approval, so that their citizens could benefit from this extraordinary instrument;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that the European Court of Auditors has criticised the lack of differentiation between climate mitigation and climate adaptation; stresses that future cohesion policy should include such a differentiation in the monitoring of spending and in thematic concentration, provided that this will not put additional administrative burden on Member States and managing authorities;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission’s introduction of the JTF to support regions facing challenges in their transition towards carbon neutrality; calls on the Commission to draw lessons from the implementation of the JTF; asks for a JTF II, which should be fully integrated into the CPR, to be established in the post-2027 programming period, while applying shared management and partnership principles; believes that regions with high CO² per capita, as well as industries in transition, should have access to this fund; calls for this new JTF to differentiate between climate mitigation and adaptation provided that this will not put additional administrative burden on Member States and managing authorities; stresses that a certain proportion of funding should be allocated to the transition, in a socially just way, and to the reduction of the EU’s carbon footprint;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – introductory part
Paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Proposes thatBelieves that changes to the allocation within the European Regional Development Fund and ESF+ resources for the ‘Investment for jobs and growth’ goal shcould be allocated amongconsidered in the future taking into account specific circumstances existing at the time in a given Member State and proposes the following two categories of NUTS-2 regions as one of the possible options:
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that ‘rust belts’ still exist in most Member States; believes that, to address the potentially negative impact of the transition of old industries such as steel and aluminium and to support the development of the regions affected, JTF II resources should be directed towards modernising these industries, creating smart specialisation strategies tailored to each of the regions in industrial transition, fostering innovation-led growth and ensuring the spread of growth benefits;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the importance of supporting rural areas by valuing their diversity and potential, improving transport connectivity and high-speed broadband, and helping them meet challenges such as rural desertification, the decline of city- centre communities and insufficient healthcare; highlights as well the importance of urban-rural links within the context of functional urban areas;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the importance of supporting rural areas by valuing their diversity and potential, improving transport connectivity and high-speed broadband, and helping them meet challenges such as rural desertification, the decline of city- centre communities and, insufficient healthcare and education opportunities;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes with concern the demographic challenges faced by the EU, such as an ageing population, the depopulation of rural and remote areas, and migratory flows and the arrival of refugees; stresses that local and regional authorities, professional associations and NGOs are essential to identifying and assessing specific investment needs in rural and urban areas for mobility, territorial accessibility and basic services, and, therefore, to unlocking the potential of the areas concerned, including economic, social and demographic trends; believes, therefore, that they should play a decisive role as active participants in developing territorial strategies stemming from local communities; highlights the importance of including, when possible, a specific budgetary response for reversing demographic trends in relevant EU programmes and of conducting impact assessments of public policies on demography; believes that rural areas, particularly these mostly prone to demographic challenges, should benefit from a defined level of minimum funds allocation; notes furthermore that demographic challenges in rural areas should be addressed concurrently by both tackling their depopulation, as well as retaining population and attracting young people;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Emphasises that thes regions in or endangered by falling into the ‘middle- income trap’ regions need more investments in education as well as mitigation strategies; urges the Commission to define these regions and to allocate higher amounts to them under the ESF+ in the next programming period;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that cohesion policy reform for the financial period 2021-2027 has contributed to simplified and flexible use of funding for beneficiaries and management authorities; welcomes the flexibility proposed by the Cohesion’s Action for Refugees in Europe and the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiatives proposals, which have proven that cohesion policy is an excellent tool in the crisis situations; recalls however that the cohesion policy is a long-term investment policy and therefore a dedicated crisis response mechanism should be created within the next MFF; calls on the Commission to promote further simplification, flexibility and citizen participation;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Reiterates its position on the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation, underlines however, that these measures cannot be punitive against the citizens; calls on the Commission to use all the tools at its disposal to establish ways to ensure that citizens of Member States towards which Article 7(1) TEU was triggered are not deprived of the benefits of EU funds due to the actions of their governments, and to establish avenues for these funds to be administered directly by the Commission to their final beneficiaries;