Activities of Miguel VIEGAS related to 2018/0229(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Establishing the InvestEU Programme (debate) PT
Amendments (22)
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Member States’ economies urgently need a truly public investment plan geared towards social, economic and territorial cohesion and designed to increase aggregate demand and investment in public infrastructure that could subsequently and leverage and enhance private investment. Only a plan of this nature can be effective in reviving growth, fighting unemployment and combating social, economic and territorial inequalities.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The InvestEU Fund should contribute to improving the competitiveness of the Union, including in the field of innovation and digitisation, the sustainability of the Union's economic growth, the social resilience and inclusiveness and the integration of the Union capital markets, including solutions addressing their fragmentation and diversifying sources of financing for the Union enterprisesnot only reducing disparities in economic development, but also achieving the objectives of social and territorial cohesion. To that end, it should supports projects that are technically and economically viable by providing a framework for the use of debt, risk sharing and equity instruments underpinned by a guarantee from the Union's budget and by contributions from implementing partners. It should be demand-driven while support under the InvestEU Fund should at the same time focus on contributcontribute to industrial development, R & D, the primary sector and social progress, that promote the provision of quality public services in the education, health, culture, basic sanitation and waste management, transport, communications and energy sectors, that create non-precarious jobs with rights, finally, that are in line with the principle of additionality ing to meeting policy objectives of the Unionhe region(s) where they are implemented.
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The InvestEU Fund should support investments in tangible and intangible assets to foster sustainable growth, investment and employment, and thereby contributing to improved well-being with rights helping to improve living conditions for peoples and workers and fairer income distribution in the Unionbetween the Member States. Intervention through the InvestEU Fund should complement European Union support delivered through grants.
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Union endorsed the objectives set out in the United Nations Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement in 2015 as well as the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. To achieve the agreed objectives, including those embedded in the social and environmental policies of the Union, action pursuing sustainable development is to be stepped up significantly. Therefore, the principles of sustainable development should feature prominently in the design of the InvestEU Fund.
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Low infrastructure investment rates in the Union during the financial crisis undermined the Union's ability to boost sustainable growth, competitiveness and convergence. Sizeable investments in the European infrastructure are fundamental to meet the Union's sustainability targets, including the 2030 energy and climate targets. Accordingly, support from the InvestEU Fund should target investments into transport, energy, including energy efficiency and renewable energy, environmental, climate action, maritime and digital infrastructure. To maximise the impact and the value added of Union financing support, it is appropriate to promote a streamlined investment process enabling visibility of the project pipeline and consistency across relevant Union programmes. Bearing in mind security threats, investment projects receiving Union support should take into account principles for the protection of citizens in public spaces. This should be complementary to the efforts made by other Union funds such as the European Regional Development Fund providing support for security components of investments in public spaces, transport, energy and other critical infrastructure.
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) The InvestEU Fund should guarantee a fair and balanced distribution of investment between the various EU Member States and regions.
Amendment 355 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the competitiveness of the Union, including innoveconomic and territorial cohesion within and between Member States, including R & D, development of the primary and secondary sectors, and the robustness of local, regional, national, and digitisationinternational transport infrastructure;
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the sustainability of the Union economy and its growthMember States’ economies and their growth, including respect for the environment and the promotion of biodiversity;
Amendment 364 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the social resilience and inclusiveness of the Unioncohesion, including the promotion of work with rights and universal access to high-quality public services;
Amendment 369 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 414 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) MSMEs policy window: access to and availability of finance for SMEs and, in duly justified cases, for small mid-capmicro, small, and medium-sized companies;
Amendment 454 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each policy window referred to in Article 7(1) shall consist of two compartments addressing public investment needs, specific market failures, or sub-optimal investment situations as follows:
Amendment 462 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i a (new)
(ia) public investment needs in terms of health, education, culture, sanitation, transport and communication networks, energy, spatial planning, and protection of rural areas;
Amendment 466 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the Member State compartment shall addresscover public investment needs in terms of health, education, culture, sanitation, transport and communication networks, energy, spatial planning, and protection of rural areas, as well as addressing specific market failures or sub- optimal investment situations in one or several Member States to deliver objectives of the contributing Funds under shared management.
Amendment 523 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) genuinely contribute to economic, social, and territorial cohesion within and between Member States;
Amendment 530 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) local, regional, national or cross- border projects run solely by public bodies;
Amendment 648 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Each configuration of the Investment Committee shall be composed of six remunerated external experts and a representative from each Member State. The experts shall be selected in accordance with [Article 237] of the [Financial Regulation] and be appointed by the Commission for a fixed term of up to four years. Their term shall be renewable but shall not exceed seven years in total. The Commission may decide to renew the term of office of an incumbent member of the Investment Committee without availing itself of the procedure laid down in this paragraph.
Amendment 649 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
The composition of the Investment Committee shall ensure that it has a wide knowledge of the sectors covered by the policy windows referred to in Article 7(1) and of the geographic markets in the Union, of each country’s specific needs with regard to socio-economic development and that it is gender-balanced as a whole.
Amendment 656 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
When participating in the activities of the Investment Committee, its membexperts shall perform their duties impartially and in the sole interest of the InvestEU Fund. They shall not seek or take instructions from the implementing partners, the institutions of the Union, the Member States, or any other public or private body.
Amendment 667 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Investment Committee shall ensure that distribution of investment between countries and regions is fair and balanced, thus guaranteeing that economic, social and territorial cohesion is promoted.