8 Amendments of Răzvan POPA related to 2018/2059(BUD)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Agrees with the Commission that the conditions set out in Article 4(1) of the EGF Regulation are met and that France is entitled to a financial contribution of EUR 9 894 483 under that Regulation, which represents 60 % of the total cost of EUR 16 490 805, comprising expenditure for personalised services of EUR 16 410 805 and expenditure for preparatory, management, information and publicity, control and reporting activities of EUR 80 000;
Amendment 3 #
2a. Notes that France started providing the personalised services to the targeted beneficiaries on the 19 May 2015, thus the period of eligibility for a financial contribution from the EGF will be from 19 May 2015 to 23 October 2019;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that this is the second application from France, and the third concerning air transport, for a financial contribution from the EGF in relation to redundancies at Air France, following application EGF/2013/014 FR/Air France in December2013, EGF/2015/004 IT Alitalia in 20135 and a positive decision thereon;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that France also argues that the huge orders of aircraft made by Emirates, Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways are not in line with the fundamentals of air transport with the purpose to significantly increase the power of their correspondence system on 'long-haul'–'long-haul' flows to capture via their hubs in Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi a preponderant share of flows between Europe, Africa and the Americas on the one hand, and Asia and Oceania on the other, as well as between Europe and Africa;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recalls that a study of the main American air companies, American Airlines, Delta, United, estimated that the aid received by the Gulf companies, Emirates, Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways, exceeds 50 billion $, following Qatar’s and the United Arab Emirates funnelling of billions of dollars in government subsidies to their state-owned airlines, thus distorting the international aviation market and undermining fair competition;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that 24 Member States have signed agreements with Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, offering their carriers access to the Union market; notes that while the Union law prohibits state aid which distorts or threatens to distort competition and affects trade between the Member States, no similar regulation exists in the Qatar and the United Aarab Emirates, as illustrated by the almost unlimited state support so far;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that the redundancies that occurred at Air France are expected to have a significant adverse effect on the local economy, which has issues related with long-term unemployment and the redeployment for workers aged 50+; notes that these redundancies are due to the massive increase in the capacity of subsidized airlines based in countries with much better investment and production conditions thus resulting in a decline of Union companies in terms of market share;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the application relates to 1 858 workers made redundant at Air France, the majority of whomwith 76.2% of all redundancies taking place in Ile-de-France; notes that the majority of workers made redundant are between 55 and 64 years old; further notes that 47.6% of the redundant workers are women, almost an equal number of workers from the gender perspective; acknowledges, in view of this, the importance of active labour market measures co-funded by the EGF for improving the chances of reintegration in the labour market of these groups;