Activities of João PIMENTA LOPES related to 2021/0227(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022 - all sections (debate)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomesTakes note of the increase in the EMFAF Budget 2022; considers, however, that the amount earmarked for this Fund remains insufficient to meet the needs of the sector, particularly small-scale, artisanal and coastal fishing; reiterates that, for fisheries and aquaculture to continue to be viable and competitive, appropriate funding for these sectors is needed; believes that the budget for these sectors must be entirely consistent with the EU objective, notably those set out in the Green Deal, the new industrial strategy, the ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy, the New approach for a sustainable blue economy and the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030; takes the view that maintaining the competitive position of the fisheries and aquaculture sectors must go hand in hand with achieving these goalrespond to the needs identified by the Member States and take into account social, environmental and economic objectives;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas environmentally, climatically, economically and socially sustainable societies are only possible if mobility and transport policies are in place that focus on improving and promoting the use of public transport systems;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas urban mobility systems should help reduce commuting times (travel between work and home), ensure interoperability, make public transport more attractive for people and reduce the prevalence of private transport, thus furthering environmental and climatic sustainability and the development of society;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the conditions of access to regular flights and maritime transport from and to the outermost regions infringe rights to mobility, place a heavy financial burden on residents, and are damaging to local economies and harmful to the public interest; whereas these disadvantages violate the principle of territorial continuity, making the case for alternative solutions;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) should make it possible to: - increasing the maximum EU co- financing by up to 100 %, eliminating the national counterpart, in exceptional situations, including actions to promote crisis response capacities in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak; - the relaxation of the use by Member States of financial resources under the EMFAF, with the possibility of transferring between headings and priorities, in the wake of financing new justified needs in the context of the outbreak; - the modification of the financing system in access to EU funds through the implementation of a pre-financing system, which removes the difficulties arising from the need for the existence and advance of equity capital;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas throughout the European Green Deal there is no mention of promoting and improving public transport systems or of shifting mobility trends towards collective public and soft modes of transport;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of fixing the economic and social damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has hit the entire fisheries and aquaculture sector hard; welcomes the introduction, in the new EMFAF, of the possibility to trigger measures for the aquaculture and fisheries sectors in case of exceptional events generating a significant disruption of markets as well as temporary cessation in case of sanitary crisis; believes that the inclusion of such provisions better protects the sector in case of a new sanitaryis positive but falls short of the needs of the sector to cope with a new health crisis;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers that support measures for the sector should be strengthened, in particular by: - reinstating EMFAF funding to support the renewal, upgrading of the fleet or the purchase of new vessels, under the conditions already proposed by Parliament; - the establishment and operation of a system of minimum prices for first sale, with the aim of safeguarding the income of fishermen and the continuity of the supply of fish to the public, if necessary with the intervention of public bodies to ensure that operational expenditure — which may be financed by the EMFAF — and the disposal of fish in emergency situations are covered; - the possibility for the EMFAF to finance a Wage Guarantee Fund, which supports the income of fishermen, based on the previous average income of each professional; - ensuring that temporary support for the cessation of activity is not limited to six months, as currently provided for in the EMFAF, and can be extended beyond that period, including small-scale and medium-scale seamen and aquacultures; - storage aid financed by the EMFAF; - specific support for investments on board vessels or in personal protective equipment related to specific needs in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak; The simplification of the administrative procedures;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. [02 03 01] Reiterates the crucial role of CEF in fostering the development and timely completion of a high performance trans-European network (TEN-T) that is sustainable and interconnected across the areas of transport, energy and digital services infrastructure; highlights the need to enhance the component supporting the development and upgrade of regional and local secondary links, and not just links between major EU economic centres; regrets in that regard the proposed reduction of the CEF-transport budget in 2022 compared to 2021 and to the levels observed in the previous Multiannual Financial Framework;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for increased support for transport infrastructure and the promotion of public transport and sustainable mobility; calls for a drive to finance local and regional transport infrastructure; calls for account to be taken of the urgent need to support such transport infrastructure in outlying countries;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that, given the diversity of public transport modes in EU metropolitan areas (some of which have disjointed transport systems and disorganised ticketing, which makes travel more expensive), the 2022 budget should seek to point out the issues arising from complex public transport ticketing and support the introduction of an action plan to implement a single multi-modal ticketing system;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Highlights the fact that a number of EU cities with free public transport systems have seen an increase in passengers and a substantial decrease in road traffic; calls for studies to assess the impact of these systems on passenger numbers, travel times and the number of traffic accidents and casualties, as well as the impact on climate change; stresses that these studies should feed into action plans facilitating the replication of free public transport systems in different urban areas;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls for a specific POSEI transport programme to be established as an additional support to compensate for the disadvantages and losses resulting from the cost of transporting passengers and goods to the outermost regions;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for EU funds to be redirected towards public investment in transport infrastructure; is opposed to the use of the EU budget to bolster public-private partnerships or to promote privatisation and open up the sector, as advocated by InvestEU, the CEF and other instruments;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. [13 04] Notes with satisfaction, despiteIs opposed to the drastic reduction of its ambitions in the MFF negotiations, the slightwhich coincides with the increase in the military mobility budget in 2022 which aims to adapt parts of the TEN-T networks for a dual use of the transport infrastructure with a view to improving both civilian and military mobility, resulting in an increased militarisation of relations both between Member States and between them and third countries, and constituting a further capitulation to NATO and to US interests;