10 Amendments of Andrew LEWER related to 2015/2095(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that the cohesion policy should further aim at reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the addressing the challenges of the least favoured regions through the investments achieving maximum impact on the stimulation of growth and jobs across Europe;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that the migrants’ should not only be considered a humanitarian phenomenon but also an opportunity for the EU to enhance economic and social development; askituation is a pressing humanitarian phenomenon; urges the Member States, al in collaborationg with regional and local authorities, to promote a sustainable set of measures, such as access to the labour market to address this situation;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that migrants tend to arrive and often – despite the efforts of the authorities to promote even distribution – tend to settle in urban areas; recognises the important role of cities in the short, medium and long term with regard to the reception, accommodation and integration of migrants;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. WelcomNotes the Luxemburg EU Council Presidency’s conclusions of 27 November 2015 on the occasion of the Informal Ministerial Meeting on Territorial Cohesion and Urban Policy which ‘consider providing cities and municipalities with adequate support to deal with the refugee situation, in particular by mobilising [...] the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds) dedicated to sustainable urban development and [by] accommodating the issue of migration and refugees within the EU Urban Agenda’;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. SupportNotes the allocation of the designated amounts from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) during 2014- 2020 programming period to help with the integration of migrants and, in particular, the use of the ERDF for emergency measures concerning their accommodation;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to be flexible in using existing programmes to address the current additional challenges for cohesion policy; welcomnotes the Commission’s readiness to examine proposals by the Member States to make use of EU support, and its willingness to examine and rapidly approve amendments to the 2014-2020 Operational Programmes in order to better integrate migrants; urges the Member States accordingly to take advantage of the funding available through the ESI Funds;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasises that any decisions on reallocation of the amounts from structural funds on migration issues should be left to the exclusive competence of the Member States and regions;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is of the opinion that the ESI Funds, in synergy with the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF), are useful tools for addressing the scale of the migratory challenges in areas such as accommodation, relocation, skills training, and issues relating to poverty;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission to make full use of its discretionary powers, under Article 23(9)-(14) of the Common Provisions Regulation, regarding the level and scope of any suspension of commitments or payments in cohesion policy, whenever additional public expenditure by individual Member States is needed for the accommodation and integration of large numbers of migrants.